 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - MacPherson akapedza makore matanhatu muMarine Corps Reserves, kuvamba muna 1965. Achishanda pamagazini yeTime somudzidzi, akadzingwa basa pashure pokunge arasa chinwiwa kumeso omupepeti wenhau apo akanga ari papati yezororo. Akatanga kushanda kumagazini ye Newsweek muna 1968, kutanga semunyori wenyika, achipa nhau kubva kumaguta muUnited States kusanganisira Boston, Chicago neLos Angeles. Makore mashanu gare gare, akatanga kutora mabasa ekunze kwenyika, kusanganisira kufukidza Hondo yeYom Kippur muna 1973, kupindirwa kweCyprus neTurkey muna 1974uye The Rumble in the Jungle muKinshasa, Zaire muna October 1974, nemutambi wepasi rose weheavyweight boxing George Foreman akatarisana neyaimbova mutambi wepasi rose Muhammad Ali, achiburitsa kubva kuLondon, Nairobi neParis. 