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Maybe don't throw the punch?

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Maybe don't throw the punch?

A fight and a friendship, and why it matters. Also, 7 other things worth knowing today.

Bill Murphy Jr.
May 10, 2022
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Maybe don't throw the punch?

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In 1974, Muhammad Ali fought George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) for the heavyweight championship of the world.

Sixty thousand people were in the stands. Nearly 1 billion people tuned in worldwide, largely on pay-per-view. The fight was at 4:30 a.m. local time, so people could watch during prime time in the Unite…

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