"The picture above was taken in the parking lot in the DC area in 1977 when I was 32 and The Greatest was 34. I had met Alli the year before at a charity function in Washington, D.C. and found him to be a gracious person, charming and nice to everyone. I cannot say that Alli and I were buddies but I met him on several occasions and he was always just a super nice guy. On this particular day he had stopped by my office to say hello and I had walked him down to his limo to say goodbye when someone snapped this picture. He had not come to my office just to see me...he had bought the entire building and wanted to see it. The picture appeared on the front page of the Springfield Times the next morning". Bob Baker