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MUHAMMAD ALI VS JERRY QUARRY-1
Ali! Ali! The air went wild,
After more than three years 'The Greatest' smiled.
Robbed of his right to box and beat challengers,
Muhammad Ali was wronged by 'law makers'.
After beating Zora Folley in 1967,
Muhammad Ali was betrayed and shaken...
...Up to the October of 1970,
When he was allowed to face Jerry Quarry.
Ali was the champion and everyone knew that,
Even though clumsy Frazier was wearing 'the hat'.
Thus the atmosphere on that October night,
Was full of boxing frenzy, very tense and tight.
Quarry was then the contendor number one,
To the throne of which was once Ali's kingdom.
With breaths held in awe, the first bell clanged,
Jerry Quarry charged, Ali laughed and danced.
Before Quarry could even land a blow,
Ali had ripped the defence of his foe.
Jabs and crosses, straight rights and lefts,
Followed by combinations made it a fistic fest.
Ali was supremely in command of the bout,
While Quarry knew that which was to come about.
From rounds one to three it was all Ali...Ali!
As rapier like fists opened a gash in Quarry.
His left eye was cut by Ali's barrage of punches,
Circling and taunting with Quarry on hunches.
Blood was pouring out like a red gushing stream,
Quarry's handlers were at last forced to scream.
As the third round ended the fight was stopped,
Quarry was whipped by the best man he fought!
And that memorable moment of October 1970,
Revived the legend of the great Muhammad Ali.
He was the "People's Champion", everyone knew that,
And in the coming times he proved the truth as a fact.
Whenever I watch the fights of Muhammad Ali,
I know a boxer like him wasn't and wouldn't be.
