"I was at home watching 'Kojak' on tv when the phone rang.
"Chuck! Chuck!"
She was all excited.
"Mom, what is it? I told you to never call me during 'Kojak'"
"Did you see the paper? Did you see that news ??"
"No, I didn't Mom...What's in it ?"
"Go out and get it"
"Mom, tell me what's in it. I'm not just going to run out."
"On the back page....the whole back page!!...it says 'Ali to defend against Wepner in Cleveland March 24.' "
So I put my clothes on and ran up to the Embassy Theater at Forty-seventh and Broadway. The kid had four papers left. They sold them in front of Theaters in them days. I said "Give me those four papers". I turned over and sure enough..."
(Chuck Wepner)