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Muhammad Ali vs. Jerry Quarry II, billed as Double Jeopardy, was a professional boxing match contested on June 27, 1972, for the NABF heavyweight championship. [1] Ali won on a TKO after the referee stopped the fight at Ali's request.
After the tenth round, Angelo Dundee stepped into the ring and instructed the referee to stop the fight. It was the only time Ali ever lost by stoppage. Immediately after the fight, Ali was given painkillers and antidepressants, in violation of World Boxing Council rules prohibiting the administration of any drug before the postfight urinalysis.
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.
Ali’s fight against Jerry Quarry unfolded on Oct. 26, 1970, drawing crowds and celebrities. ... He was stripped of his boxing title, convicted to draft evasion and sentenced to five years in ...
The real-life events that inspired Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist took place on Oct. 26, 1970, when Ali made his highly anticipated return to boxing in a match against Jerry Quarry. The ...
Ali and then-WBA heavyweight champion boxer Ernie Terrell had agreed to meet for a bout in Chicago on March 29, 1966 (the WBA, one of two boxing associations, had stripped Ali of his title following his signing a rematch with Liston) [29] but in February Ali was reclassified by the Louisville draft board as 1-A from 1-Y, and he indicated that ...
Walcott then rushed back to the fighters, who had resumed boxing, and stopped the fight—awarding Ali a first-round knockout victory. [51] It is one of the quickest heavyweight title knockouts in history. Many in the small crowd had not even settled in their seats when the fight was stopped.
Ali made $250,000 and Holmes $100,000 in forfeit money. [7] After the cancellation, Holmes signed to fight Scott LeDoux, whom he stopped in seven rounds on July 7. On July 17, 1980, Ali and Holmes signed to fight on October 2 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Promoter Don King said Ali would be paid $8 million and Holmes $6 million. [8]