WEB DES K West Indies batting great Sir Vivian Richards recalled a memorable incident in a Lahore hotel during the 1980s, when he met one of his role models and boxing legend late Muhammad Ali for the first time. While speaking in a podcast with former Australian all-rounder Shane Watson, Richards said he still treasures the memory of the fleeting encounter, during which Ali thought he looked like one of his arch-rivals Joe Frazier. “I remember we were in Pakistan at the same time with the West Indies in the 80s. I think he [Muhammad Ali] was banned from boxing because of his refusal to fight the American war in Vietnam and the Muslim League had invited him to Pakistan to do some tours around,” said Richards. “We were in a hotel in Lahore and he was coming towards the lift at the same time when we were outside there.
