With blood streaming down his nose and mouth, and his eyes swollen shut from the earlier lightning punches, Ernie could barely see Ali's fists coming. Ali screamed at Terrell "What's my name, Uncle Tom?" as he battered him with lightning fast punches that kept cutting Terrell's face. Ali shoved Terrell during an interview with Howard Cosell which almost led to a brawl.Īli did what he said he would, beating on Terrell the entire fight, having him hurt badly but purposely not knocking him out, wanting to beat on him more and punish him for not calling him by his chosen name. Ali took offense to this, as he had in a previous fight with Ring Legend Floyd Patterson where Patterson chose to call Ali 'Clay.' Ali said he would punish Terrell as he had punished Patterson, having beaten on Patterson for 12 rounds, having him hurt but not knocking him out so that he could continue to punish him. Before the bout, Terrell chose to call Ali by his birth name, Cassius Clay, rather than his adopted Muslim name. Wikipedia notes: In 1967, Ali and Terrell met to end the confusion about who was the legitimate heavyweight champion. (see)Ĭomplete with 18 pages, light toning at the margins, a little spine wear, generally nice. The top of page 10 has a three column heading: "Clay Humiliates Terrell Folley Seen Next Foe" with photo. FITCHBURG SENTINEL, Mass., February 7, 1967
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