Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry | RETURN OF THE CHAMPION |

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Interviews before, enterence, fight and Ali's conference after fight


Ali vs Quarry # 1st meeting #
Oct. 26, 1970.


Following his successful defense of the heavyweight championship against Zora Folley in March of 1967, Muhammad Ali’s career soon came to a grinding halt. The following month he refused induction into the United States army to assist the war effort in Vietnam and was immediately arrested. The New York State Athletic Commission suspended his license and stripped him of his title and all other state athletic commissions quickly fell in line with the NYSAC.


It would be three-and-a-half-years before Muhammad Ali could compete in a boxing ring again.With the help of Georgia State Senator Leroy Johnson, Ali was able to get a boxing license in Georgia. On September 2, 1970, he boxed an eight-round exhibition at Morehouse College in Atlanta. It was the first time Ali had boxed in public since a six-round exhibition in Detroit, Michigan, on June 13, 1967.A fight between Ali and Quarry was arranged for October 26 at City Auditorium in Atalanta. Contracts were signed in New York City on September 10. The bout was promoted by House of Sports, Inc., headed by Senator Johnson, and by Sports Action Inc., headed by Harold Conrad. "People think now that the Supreme Court decision is what allowed Ali to fight, but that didn't come until later," Conrad told author Thomas Hauser for his book "Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times." "All it took was politics and money and three years of trying until we worked things out in Georgia."Quarry entered the fight as The Ring magazine's No. 1-rated heavyweight contender and the WBA's No. 3-rated heavyweight contender.Ali was guaranteed $200,000 against 42½ percent of the net income, and Quarry was guaranteed $150,000 against 22½ percent.The fight was shown on closed circuit TV in 206 locations in the United States and Canada. It was also beamed live to Asia, Australia, Europe and South America.There was a sellout crowd of 5,100 at City Auditorium.



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