Why boxing legend Muhammad Ali visited Croydon nearly 25 years...

A former professional boxer has remembered when sporting legend Muhammad Ali made a rare visit to Croydon for a book signing 24 years ago.William 'Buster' Gaffney, 81, took his grandson Lu, then 10 years old, to meet their idol at Waterstones book shop in Whitgift Centre in 1992. Hundreds of people queued to meet the sporting star and Ali kindly put on Lu's boxing gloves and posed for a picture with the pair.Buster, of Canterbury Road, said: "He was my hero. I like everything he talked...