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Ali plans to fight exhibition bout

Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, 57, has been quoted as saying he planned to fight an exhibition bout over 15 rounds despite suffering from Parkinson's disease.

''Let me tell you something that will shock the earth,'' Ali told Newsweek magazine in an interview.

''I'm going to train and get in really good shape, lose 35 pounds and do an exhibition in Madison Square Garden with two or three contenders.

''I'll dance for 15 rounds, and whip them. I haven't forgotten. I'll be weighing in at 210 pounds. I'll just say, 'I am returned. Get the contract,''' Newsweek yesterday quoted Ali as saying.

He gave no date for the planned fight.

Ali first won the World heavyweight boxing title in 1964 from Sonny Liston. His last fight was a 10-round loss to Trevor Berbick in 1981.

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