When Moore lost to Marciano, he was still a brilliant light heavy, right?
GC: Oh, absolutely. Sure. Marciano beat a very good Archie Moore. And the fight I always remember, of course, was with Yvon Durelle, when Moore was down five times and came back and won. ZL: What did you think of Moore s training habits and interesting ideas on nutrition? (He claimed that he would chew on a steak, swallow the juice, and spit out the rest.) GC: Well, I think a lot of that stuff was just for press. Chewing on the meat and spitting it out, and things like that. I don t think he did that at all. I think he was a good guy at getting publicity. ZL: Did you watch him train, or learn things from him? GC: No I didn t watch him much. He was out in California. ZL: Okay, another name: Muhammad Ali. GC: Ali I ve known forever. I knew him since he was an amateur. His best asset, Ali s was nobody realizes his best asset was that he could take the best punch in boxing. If he couldn t take a great punch, he would ve just been an ordinary heavyweight. But he could take those good punche
