{"id":220079,"date":"2016-06-06T12:37:10","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=220079"},"modified":"2016-06-06T12:37:10","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T12:37:10","slug":"i-feared-for-mohammed-alis-life-cameron-duodu-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/i-feared-for-mohammed-alis-life-cameron-duodu-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"I feared for Muhammad Ali&#8217;s life \u2013 Cameron Duodu [Audio]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Veteran Journalist, Cameron Duodu has eulogized late celebrated boxer, Muhammad Ali saying he feared for his life especially when Mr. Ali fought opponents who were bigger than him.<\/p>\n<p>According to Mr. Duodu,\u00a0Muhammad Ali during his heydays fought boxers bigger and taller than him yet he triumphed over them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you watched a fight of Ali, you will ask is he not afraid but he is just going. Sometimes I used to be frightened for him yet he wasn\u2019t frightened,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_219721\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-219721\" style=\"width: 686px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-219721 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/GettyImages-479933880-E.jpeg\" alt=\"Muhammad Ali\" width=\"686\" height=\"385\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-219721\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Muhammad Ali<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Mr. Duodu, who has interviewed the celebrated boxer twice; once in Ghana and the second time in London, made the comment on the <strong>Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong> on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>The former world heavyweight boxing champion, died over the weekend aged 74 years after battling ill health.<\/p>\n<p>Several tributes have continued to pour in for him both in Ghana and internationally after his demise.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Cameron also described Muhammad Ali as someone \u201cwho has an inbuilt ability to self-publicize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a person who had in inbuilt ability to self-publicize, as soon as he opens his mouth; we have to write something down. So we all knew that this guy was a guy called the Louisville lip, he was promoting himself and they said he was going to fight Sonny\u00a0Liston. If you saw Sonny\u00a0Liston, not only was he big, but he looked wicked. So we all thought, good heavens, what is coming over this young man? If you want to fight somebody, why not wait for somebody to get rid of Liston and then you fight him but he said he would go. Then we went then he fought and he won.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Click Below to listen to what Cameron Duodu said:<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/267785214&amp;color=ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=false&amp;show_comments=true&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Godwin A. 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According to Mr. Duodu,\u00a0Muhammad Ali during his heydays fought boxers bigger and taller than him yet he triumphed over them. \u201cIf you watched a fight of Ali, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I feared for Muhammad Ali&#039;s life \u2013 Cameron Duodu [Audio] - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. 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