Boxers are aggressive by nature, but " The Boxer " - from Simon & Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water - ruminates on the more sensitive, vulnerable psychology of those whose chief profession it is to knock another man unconscious. So it's fitting that at his concert at the Greek Theatre in Berkeley on Friday night, Paul Simon took a moment to inform the 8,000-capacity crowd of the breaking news: "I'm sorry to tell you this way," he announced mid-song, "but Muhammad Ali has passed away."
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