Muhammad Ali’s legacy guides 200 Norristown students’ visit to Fighter’s Heaven

Muhammad Ali’s legacy guides 200 Norristown students’ visit to Fighter’s Heaven

“Have you fought before?” Tim Witherspoon exclaimed. “This isn’t your first time is it? She learns fast!” Witherspoon, a two-time heavyweight world champion and former sparring partner to Muhammad Ali, stood in the middle of a boxing ring at Fighter’s Heaven in Deer Lake. The two punch mitts on his hands were being aimed at by an eighth-grade student, while her classmates and teachers watched from outside the ring, some waiting their turn. On Th…