CONTENTS/SEPTEMBER 1976

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2 CLEVELAND WILLIAMS: HE HIT TOO HARD FOR HIS

OWN GOOD

The sad story of a contender no one would fight

8 WORLD-WIDE RATINGS

Boxing’s most authoritative survey

) BOXING’S LONGEST FEUD

It was started by the use of the first mouth piece

I MAXIE ROSENBLOOM—A CLOWN, A KING, AND A(

CHAMPION OF THE WORLD

Another of boxing’s all-time greats passes on

STILLMAN’S GYM: DIRT, STENCH, SWEAT, AND WORSE

The saga of the most famous gym in boxing history

When is the big blowout?

Or how NOT to train for a fight

THE CHAMPION THE WORLD IGNORED

Ernie Terrell once claimed to be heavyweight champion

HOW WOULD ALI HAVE DONE AGAINST THE OTHER

GREAT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS?

32 ALI vs. BOB FITZSIMMONS

34 ALI vs. JIM JEFFRIES

36 ALI vs. JACK JOHNSON

38 ALI vs. JACK DEMPSEY

40 ALI vs. GENE TUNNEY

42 ALI vs. MAX SCHMELING

44 ALI vs. JOE LOUIS

46 ALI vs. ROCKY MARCIANO