Boxing great Muhammad Ali still in fair condition in hospital: report (Reuters)

(Reuters) – Former world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali remained in fair condition on Friday while hospitalized for a respiratory issue, a newspaper quoted a spokesman as saying, as speculation swirled about his health. The family spokesman, Bob Gunnell, told the Louisville Courier-Journal that Ali’s stay in a Phoenix-area hospital was expected to be brief. With an online report saying the 74-year-old ex-boxer was on life support, Gunnell said that every time Ali was in the hospital it triggered a “media frenzy,” the Courier-Journal reported.