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Yet Ali still refused to give Young a title fight rematch. Immediately after the fight, Foreman has a religious experience, becomes a new-born Christian and retires from boxing. April 23 – In a fight without any titles at stake, WBC world Bantamweight champion Carlos Zarate defeats WBA world champion Alfonso Zamora in four rounds at Inglewood.
January 14 - Paul Pender knocks out Terry Downes in the 7th round to retain the world middleweight title in Boston. March 4 – Sugar Ray Robinson's last world title attempt, as he and Gene Fullmer close their rivalry with Fullmer retaining the National Boxing Association's world Middleweight title with a fifteen-round unanimous decision at Las Vegas.
Joe Frazier vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Fight of the Century or simply The Fight, [2] was an undisputed heavyweight championship boxing match between WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight champion Joe Frazier and Lineal champion Muhammad Ali, on Monday, March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Their first bout, on March 8, 1971, in New York, was not only the greatest boxing event ever, and one of its best fights, it remains more than 50 years later one of the most significant sporting ...
Quarry did better than in their first fight but once again struggled to close the distance with Ali, who once again dominated most of the fight from the outside. Quarry was hurt going into the seventh round, and after landing several unanswered shots, Ali signaled to the referee to stop the fight, which he did shortly afterwards.
George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali, billed as The Rumble in the Jungle, was a heavyweight championship boxing match on October 30, 1974, at the 20th of May Stadium (now Stade Tata Raphaël) in Kinshasa, Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), between undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.
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Washed-up Jimmy Kane (James Cagney) fights to help a young widow. The Big Timer: 1932 Comedy Cooky Bradford ends up fighting for, and falling for, his manager's daughter. They Never Come Back: 1932 Drama A boxer framed for a crime fights to pay the debt of the friend who betrayed him. The Life of Jimmy Dolan: 1932 Drama