Muhammad Ali on Boxing Tournament

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KPIX Eyewitness news report from July 1st 1967 featuring a press conference in which boxer Muhammad Ali and others discuss their proposals for a boxing tournament, to raise money for projects in the community. Ali was recently banned from boxing for three years on June 20th 1967, for refusing the Vietnam Draft. He speculates that over one million dollars could be raised but warns that: "The people are hungry now. They can't sit back and wait three years for a bunch of slow, flat footed heavyweights."

Originally aired on
KPIX-TV
Date aired
7/1/1967
Recording medium
16mm b&w, co-magnetic sound film
2:07
Rights for this video belong to
CBS5 KPIX-TV
Type of material
archival newsfilm
Identifier
KPIX 31746
Views
2773

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