wanted to know if you recented coming after someone like, that you fought that epic battle with ken nortonsaid you have to fight the next mandatory challenger you did, you did not avoid anybody, there were no tin can fights for you, you fought them. i always felt you were never given your proper receive, maybe because -- proper respect, maybe because you came after. >> neil i want to thank you for saying, that i be tame like the forgotten fighter, i got was not supposed to make it but i had fun out there, i had fun being with ali, a sparring partner, i had opportunity fun listening to the way he said thing, ali of good at he would brings reporters with him, there was guys he would pick on like howard cosell. he made the reporters known that you done know, whoever thought about a dirk young or someone like, that they thought about him. they called him names. ali brought all these guys along. >> same thing with the fighter. neil: thank you, thank you both. yeah. >> thank you in all right,. neil: i can interrupt you now, -ou are on remote. >> thank you, neil. >> jim, and larry, and 50 years a

wanted to know if you recented coming after someone like, that you fought that epic battle with ken nortonid had to fight next mandatory challenger you did, you did not avoid anybody, no tankan fights for -- no tin can fights for you, i felt you were never give up your proper respect, maybe because you came after him. >> neil, thank you for saying that, but i hope someone is listening. i became like the forgot kno forgotten fighter, but i had fun being with moment moment, fun being a sparring partner, i had fun just listening to way he said things, ali of the good at he prowl bridge the reporters with him, there -- he would bridge the eporters with him, there were guys he would pick on, like hard cosell, and howard would pick pack at him, that is why they liked him, whoever thought about a reporter, they thought about aim called him names. ali brought them along. neil: yeah. thank you so much. >> same thing with the fighters. neil: thank you both. >> same thing. >> thank you. neil: all right, i can interrupt you know,. >> appreciate it neil. neil: larry and jim thank you, 50 years ago. eve