publication date: Sunday, June 12, 2016 (part of Summer 2016)

category: Sports

clue: He wasn't called The Greatest just because he was good at the sport where he floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee.

intended difficulty: easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Richard Slominsky, Justin Woods, Matthew Preston, and Joanna Woods

trivia: This goo was published shortly after Ali's death in 2016.


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