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Plus, seventy percent of the purse in escrow against any income tax claims.

6 seconds sound clip from the The Greatest (1977) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:07:26.960 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

Quote context

[...]

- And that, according to the World Boxing Association, makes him the new heavyweight champion.

- That goes to show you how great my hometown is, Louisville, Kentucky. Who would believe that we would have two world heavyweight champions at the same time?

- Cancellation of his passport has made it impossible for my client to earn his living.

- But, for the proposed fight with Frazier in Toronto, he doesn't need a passport. Only the permission of the court to drive 75 miles across the border for a mere 18 hours.

- Now, for this, we propose to post a bond of $100000 to ensure his return.

- Plus, seventy percent of the purse in escrow against any income tax claims.

- Oh, and as many marshals as the government deems necessary to ride in his car, both ways, and sit in his dressing room.

- May it please the court, the government objects very strongly to this proposal to grant a convicted felon the same rights as a law-abiding citizen.

- The district court in my home city, Your Honor, has just granted Abby Hoffman, a white defendant, also appealing a five-year sentence in the Chicago Eight case, the permission to leave this country for 26 days. and to go to Cuba, Your Honor!

- Hoffman isn't planning to earn a million dollars on his trip.

- Objection. That is completely irrelevant.

[...]

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The Greatest (1977) Sound Clip

The Greatest (1977) posterSound clips of the most memorable quotes from the 1977 biographical sports film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in MP3 and WAV formats.

Actors: Muhammad Ali, Ernest Borgnine (Angelo Dundee),Paul Winfield (Mr. Eskridge), James Earl Jones (Malcolm X), Drew Bundini Brown

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