without the drama of Ali's knockdown. Ali would win again, this time by a 6th round TKO. Confirmed bouts: "Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper (1st meeting)". boxrec...
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Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II was a professional boxing match contested on 21 May 1966, for the WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring championship. On 16 April...
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Muhammad Ali was a boxer who mastered the rope-a-dope fighting technique. He is widely regarded by many boxing commentators and historians as the greatest...
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Muhammad Ali (/ɑːˈliː/; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the...
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Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson was a professional boxing match contested on November 22, 1965, for the WBC, NYSAC and The Ring championship. Patterson...
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Muhammad Ali vs. George Chuvalo was a professional boxing match contested on March 29, 1966, for the WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight championship...
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The two fights between Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston for boxing's World Heavyweight Championship were among the most controversial fights in the sport's...
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Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams was a professional boxing match contested on November 14, 1966, for the WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring championship. Ali...
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Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Bugner was a professional boxing match contested on February 14, 1973. After returning from his nearly four year boxing ban, former...
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Muhammad Ali vs. Brian London was a professional boxing match contested on 6 August 1966, for the WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring heavyweight championship. The...
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subscribers. Muhammad Ali had several fights on early pay-per-view home television, including Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones in 1963, and Sonny Liston vs. Cassius...
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Mildenberger. Folley fought once for the world heavyweight title, losing to Muhammad Ali. Born in Dallas, Texas on 27 May 1931, Folley moved with his family to...
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Patterson in 1959 and Muhammad Ali in 1966, both times via knockout. He was one of a quartet of British boxers, with Henry Cooper, Joe Erskine, and Dick...
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Joe Bugner (section Defeat of Henry Cooper)
fighting such opponents as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Ron Lyle, Jimmy Ellis, Manuel Ramos, Chuck Wepner, Earnie Shavers, Henry Cooper, Brian London, Mac Foster...
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Floyd Patterson (section Muhammad Ali)
Hauser, Thomas (November 2, 2003) Ali: The Legacy. The Guardian Schwartz, Larry A Great Champion. ESPN.com. Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson. Boxrec ""The...
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Jimmy Ellis (boxer) (section Ellis vs. Ali)
a teenager after watching a friend box a fellow Louisville youngster Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) on a local amateur boxing television show...
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adjusted). Confirmed bouts: "Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 19 March 2024. "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003...
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launch night's programmes. 1966 21 May – The fight between Muhammad Ali vs. Henry Cooper II is shown on pay-per-view closed-circuit television at 16...
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Joe Frazier (section Relationship with Muhammad Ali)
relentless pressure fighting style and was the first boxer to defeat Muhammad Ali. Frazier won a gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics as an amateur,...
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Sonny Liston (section Ali vs. Liston II)
Liston was widely regarded as unbeatable, he lost the title in 1964 to Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay), who entered as an 8:1 underdog. Liston...
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George Foreman (section Foreman vs. Ali)
defended the belt twice before suffering his first professional loss to Muhammad Ali in the iconic Rumble in the Jungle in 1974. Unable to secure another...
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charge of numerous world title fights, and officiated in bouts involving Muhammad Ali, Roberto Durán, Sugar Ray Leonard, Sugar Ray Robinson, Thomas Hearns...
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Earnie Shavers (section Shavers vs Ali)
championship, losing to Muhammad Ali in 1977 by a 15-round unanimous decision and to Larry Holmes in 1979 by a TKO in round 11. He hurt Ali in the second round...
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York City. May 21 – Muhammad Ali retains his world Heavyweight title with a sixth-round knockout win over a bloodied Henry Cooper, London. June 1 – Fighting...
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champion; the Light-Heavyweights had Bob Foster. The Heavyweights had Muhammad Ali, who ruled twice between 1974 and 1979. Another aspect of boxing in the...
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. (section Mayweather vs. Hernandez)
Mayweather is the successor in a line that starts with Ray Robinson, goes to Muhammad Ali, then Sugar Ray Leonard...We believe that he epitomizes that style of...
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2023. White, Peter (February 5, 2024). "Don Cheadle Boards Peacock's Muhammad Ali Limited Series Fight Night". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 5 February...
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Boxing (section Professional vs. amateur boxing)
Jack Johnson, Benny Leonard, Jack Dempsey, Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson, Archie Moore, and Muhammad Ali. Other world-class figures include Salvador...
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granting championship recognition, and other factors. In 1967, for example, Muhammad Ali was denied a boxing license in every U.S. jurisdiction and stripped of...
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Year and Upset of the Year. This made Holyfield the first boxer since Muhammad Ali to win a world heavyweight title three times. Holyfield won a 1997 rematch...
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