Heavy betting on Muhammad Ali has improved the odds on
Heavy betting on Muhammad Ali has improved the odds on challenger Ken Norton for their Sept.28 heavyweight boxing title fight, bookmakers said Tuesday, The Sahara Tahbe Race and Sports Book said odds on Ali, set earlier at 1 to 2, were now 5 to 11, meaning a bet of 511 would win the original bet plus $5. World lightweight boxing champion Esteban de Jesus is expected to give a sworn statement Thursday in connection with a case under investigation by Puerto Rico police … Officials refused to give details of the case, but it is known that de Jesus was being sought in connection with a $39,000 cheque delivered to a couple arrested on an unspecified drug charge.