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LV INT foster onto scales
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SV Foster in dressing gown with announcement of weight
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SCU Ali takes off gown and steps onto scales, raises hand, saying "in five"; on scales (2 shots)
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SV Ali off scales ZOOM TO foster--Ali insisting "Round Five"
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SV Ali and Foster nearing slanging match
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Initials BB/0340 WLW/AW/BB/0300


SPORT: BOXING

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Background: United States heavyweight boxers Muhammad Ali and Mac Foster exchanged insults at the weigh-in on Friday (March 31) for their non-title fight in Tokyo, Japan, the following day. Foster, a former soldier, who has won 30 of his 31 fights on knockouts, weighted in at 211 3/4 pounds (96 kilograms). Ali, formerly Cassius Clay and a world heavyweight champion, tipped the scales at 226 pounds (102 kilograms). He shouted insults at Foster, at held up five fingers--indicating he was going to win in the fifth round.

Ali did win the fight the following night--but only on points, after being taken the full fifteen rounds by Foster.