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With the passing of the legendary Muhammad Ali, there was much discussion about the latter stages of his life when Parkinson’s disease took its terrible toll on the man. There isn’t definitive proof one way or another, but most believe the disease came as a result of his many years in the ring. Specifically, attention focuses on some of the most brutal fights of his career, against the likes of Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes.