Muhammad Ali had the opportunity to go out on his own terms at boxing's pinnacle when he retired after winning his 1978 rematch with Leon Spinks to become the only man to regain the heavyweight title twice. But he couldn't make it stick, and neither could those closest to him nor boxing regulators in any jurisdiction where there was a chance for the circus that surrounded Ali to pitch a tent and make a dollar.

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