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Boxing Life Stories

Season 4: #24 Gene Kilroy

Boxing Life Stories

Tris Dixon

Sports

4.91.6K Ratings

🗓️ 30 March 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Gene Kilroy was a friend, advisor and confidant to Muhammad Ali. He spent a huge part of his life as Ali’s business manager and is universally seen as the last surviving member of Ali’s inner circle. Here, he talks about his time with The Greatest, the incredible moments he experienced and the celebrities they encountered and he details Ali’s relationship with other heavyweight legends. He discusses Zaire, Manila, Deer Lake and much more besides in a phenomenal look back over a phenomenal time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Well, we discussed that many times.

0:03.0

Jane, if you had your life to live over with you,

0:07.0

do anything different.

0:08.0

No, Muhammad, there wouldn't be us.

0:10.0

You're right.

0:11.0

You're right.

0:12.0

You had to take the falls to get up to the challenges

0:16.0

and the heartbreak and the smiles.

0:18.0

That's what made you you, right?

0:21.0

Professional football, they're educated

0:25.0

so much compared to fighters.

0:29.0

Fighters would spar, sell tickets,

0:32.0

skies would come and all that.

0:33.0

I don't believe fighters need that banging and all.

0:37.0

I don't think you get your win down,

0:40.0

you're timing down, you're heavy back down.

0:43.0

All that other stuff is uneducated, uncalled for.

0:49.0

Well, I don't know about that.

0:51.0

You know, the word is respected.

0:53.0

You know, I walk into place, people respect me.

0:56.0

And that's the biggest compliment, you know, being respected.

1:01.0

I always hold my head high and, you know,

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