Family says Muhammad Ali watched Super Bowl, not on verge of death
Yahoo! Sports
The family of legendary boxer Muhammad Ali has disputed a report in a London newspaper that the flamboyant ex-heavyweight champion is near death. Instead, family spokesman Bob Gunnell said Ali was in his Phoenix area home watching the Super Bowl wearing Baltimore Ravens’ gear.
Ali’s daughter, May May, later confirmed to the Associated Press that the boxing great was watching the game.
The Sun newspaper in London quoted Ali’s brother, Rahman, saying that his brother’s death is imminent.
The 71-year-old Ali, who was famously stripped of the heavyweight title in 1967 for refusing induction into the military service, has had Parkinson’s disease since 1984. He appears frail, but has made several public appearances over the last several months.
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