Ali's manager

Angelo Dundee: "It was something that would blow the imagination. A wrestler with a fighter. Everybody use to say "let's have a wrestler...how would a wrestler do with a fighter", and there was pro and con. And you had that bit with the karate guys with a fighter. So that caught Muhammads imagination. He wanted it. And he felt he could beat a wrestler"

Ali/Inoki press conference

Muhammad Ali: "You'll make $4,000,000 because you're meeting the world's most famous man, and the worlds most prettiest athlete"

Ali mocks Inoki at the press conference

Host: "Ali, who boasted that he learned to hype fights by watching a wrestler named Gorgeous George was in his element. His Japanese opponent, Antonio Inoki got in a few licks of his own"

Antonio Inoki

Spokesperson: (to Ali) "We would be delighted to take you on as our publicity man when the fight is over"