Ali's man in Auckland
PA Auckland Muhammad Ali’s ‘‘advance party,” Mr Sam Marshall, arrived in Auckland yesterday. Mr Marshall, an associate director of Muhammad Ali Amateur Sports, the amateur boxing club run by the world champion, said his visit had two main aims.
•‘Number one, I want to make it clear Ali is coming and number two I want to check arrangements for exhibition bouts here and in Sydney,” he said.
Mr Marshall expects to stay about a fortnight,
t"lking to the Reserve Bank, checking fight venues and tying up details with Auckland organiser, Mr Brian OrbelL He said the champion would fight four-round exhibitions with his chief trainer, Jim Ellis, a former heavy-weight, as part of an amateur match between his M.AA.S. boxers and a New Zealand team at Western Springs. Mr Orbell said a ticket for the ringside ahd a prefight dinner would cost about $2O and other tickets at Western Springs would be about $9, or the same as a pop concert.
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