VIDEOS: Muhammad Ali and Jake The Snake Roberts Cross Paths, Ali Wise Cracks with Freddie Blassie, Bill Apter Interviews Ali in New York

June 4, 2016

A few weeks before his June 1976 battle against Antonio Inoki, Bill Apter had the opportunity to interview the “Greatest of all time” one-on-one at a pre-match Press Conference at New York’s Waldorf Astoria Hotel. It started out on a calm note and then Ali became — Ali and even Howard Cosell got into the action:

Preparing for his history making match against Antonio Inoki, Muhammad Ali finds himself involved in an interview with the legendary talker “Classy” Freddie Blassie, conducted by Vince McMahon:

“The Greatest” Muhammad Ali gets involved in a Mid-South Wrestling match between Jake “The Snake: Roberts and The Snowman:

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Nick attended New York University and graduated in 2001 with a degree in Drama.

Nick first entered the internet wrestling community back in 2004 when he became the co-host of The Voice of Wrestling Radio Show. From there, Nick made the transition from radio personality to editor when he began working with WrestleZone in 2008.

Nick is a member of two Off-Broadway theatre companies, Another Urban Riff, and the Drama Desk Award winning Godlight Theatre Company. Nick has appeared in over a dozen Off-Broadway plays since he moved to New York City, and has shot several short and feature length films. In 2010, he completed principle photography on a film titled "How to Score Your Life," which also features TNA Knockout ODB.

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