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The company handled Ali's boxing promotions and pay-per-view closed-circuit television broadcasts; its stockholders were mainly fellow Nation of Islam members, such as Jabir Herbert Muhammad and the chief aide to Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, John Ali, [27] along with several others, including Bob Arum, who later founded Top Rank.
Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, billed as The War of the Worlds, [1] was a fight between American professional boxer Muhammad Ali and Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki, held at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan, on June 26, 1976.
Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry, billed as The Return of the Champion, was a professional boxing match contested on October 26, 1970, for the Lineal heavyweight championship. [1] This was Ali's first fight since his suspension from boxing in 1967.
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Despite the two men having the same height and reach, (6'3 and 78" respectively) the large weight disparity proved decisive. In the first four rounds Ali was content to move and jab in line with his usual style; however, in a very rare situation for Ali, he was actually out-landed in jabs by Foster (60–35 for the first five rounds, 69–48 for the whole fight).
Muhammad Ali vs. Cleveland Williams was a professional boxing match contested on November 14, 1966, for the WBC, NYSAC, and The Ring championship. [1] Ali dominated the fight and won the bout through a technical knockout in the third round.
What was scheduled to be a 15-round bout ended in the middle of the eighth, with Ali doing what no other boxer had ever done -- knocking out Foreman.
The Peacock limited series with an all-star ensemble focuses on an infamous crime that took place on the same night as Muhammad Ali's historic 1970 comeback fight in Atlanta.