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VIDEOS: Muhammad Ali and Jake The Snake Roberts Cross Paths, Ali Wise Cracks with Freddie Blassie, Bill Apter Interviews Ali in New York

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A few weeks before his June 1976 battle against Antonio Inoki, Bill Apter had the opportunity to interview the “Greatest of all time” one-on-one at a pre-match Press Conference at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. It started out on a calm note and then Ali became — Ali and even Howard Cosell got into the action:

Preparing for his history making match against Antonio Inoki, Muhammad Ali finds himself involved in an interview with the legendary talker “Classy” Freddie Blassie, conducted by Vince McMahon:

“The Greatest” Muhammad Ali gets involved in a Mid-South Wrestling match between Jake “The Snake: Roberts and The Snowman:

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