Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[59] After winning the world title, Clay boasted that he had shaken the world and asked the audience by shouting who is the greatest now.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[55] As the result of the match was surprising, rumours began to circulate in the press about betting fraud orchestrated by the Liston camp.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

However, Las Vegas betting agencies confirmed that no suspiciously large sums of money had been gambled on Clay's behalf.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[60] Converting to Muslim, name change and rematch Muhammad Ali recounted while living several different versions of what prompted him to convert to Islam.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

In a letter written to his second wife sometime in the late 1960s, he recounted reading Muhammad Speaks, a magazine published by the Nation of Islam, and described a cartoon published in the magazine's December 1961 issue.


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Muhammad Ali

In the comic, black slaves were forced to abandon their original religion and worship Jesus.


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Muhammad Ali

“I liked the comic.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

It did something for me.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

And that made sense,” wrote Ali.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[61] Later, Ali told his biographer: “I happened to glance at the NOI newspaper before I travelled to the Olympics.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

I did not pay special attention to it at the time, but a wide variety of things began to circulate in my mind "[62].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Cassius Clay went to a mosque for the first time in 1961 in Overtown Miami for the Nation of Islam organization (so-called: Black Muslims) called by Sam Saxon (later Adbul Rahama [62]) who belonged to him.


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Muhammad Ali

Clay was impressed by what he saw and heard.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

According to the organization's Muslim preachers, Christianity was the religion of whites that had been forced upon their black slaves by slave owners, whose original religion was Islam.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[63] Thereafter, Clay regularly read the organisation's magazine and began attending gatherings.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[64] In 1962, Saxon invited Clay and his Rudolph brother to a gathering in Detroit, where Clay met Malcolm X for the first time [65].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

According to Malcom X's widow, Betty Shabazz, Malcolm loved Clay like his own brother, and taught him self-respect [66].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Later, the friends drifted apart due to differences between Elijah Muhammad and Malcolm X when the young world champion decided to continue as Elijah Muhammad's successor [67].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Clay kept his membership secret for three years prior to the world title fight because both the Nation of Islam and Clay himself knew that membership could hinder getting a title match.


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Muhammad Ali

[68] Rumors of Clay joining took off even before the first Liston match.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

In 1963, the Philadelphia Daily News was the first to report that Clay had attended a show of mind organized by the Nation of Islam in Philadelphia.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The news received only minimal attention because at this point Clay had yet to fight Liston and the Nation of Islam was not very well known.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

There was a greater buzz when Clay attended a gathering of the organization on January 21, 1964, in New York City, to which he travelled together with Malcolm X.


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Muhammad Ali

After the gathering, Clay admitted to the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper that he had been involved with and liked the Muslim organization, but on his own religious affiliation he did not comment.


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Muhammad Ali

However, journalist Pat Putnam got word from Clay's father that his son has converted to Muslim and plans to change his name after the title match.


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Muhammad Ali

Putnam claimed to have received death threats because of a story he wrote.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The promoter of the first Liston match, Bill MacDonald, threatened to cancel the entire bout due to rumors if Clay did not say his release from the Nation of Islam, to which Clay would not agree.


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Muhammad Ali

Eventually, the controversy was resolved when Malcolm X agreed to leave Miami for the period leading up to the match, calming the situation down.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[69] Clay announced that he had officially joined the organization in a radio interview the day after the championship game.


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Muhammad Ali

[70] Furthermore, he announced that he had changed his name to Cassius X to show his contempt for his former “slave name”.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[52] [60] On 6 March 1964, the leader of the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad, announced on radio that the name Cassius Clay had no sacred meaning, and gave him the new name Muhammad Ali.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Muhammad meant “worth praising” and Ali in turn was a reference to the Prophet Muhammad's cousin, Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib, explaining Ali his name to his biographer.


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Muhammad Ali

He considered the name change to be one of the most important turning points in his life.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[71] Ali also began making statements to the press showing that he had adopted the radical racial vision of the Nation of Islam.


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Muhammad Ali

He believed the integration of blacks and whites was wrong and did not approve of mixed marriages.


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Muhammad Ali

He also told me he supported creating his own state for blacks.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[72] During the first trip of his life to Africa, Ali said when he visited Ghana everything in America was so white that he is happy “here with my true people.”


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Muhammad Ali

[73] On July 3, 1964, Ali met Sonji Roi, who worked as a waitress and photographic model, with whom he married already two weeks later on 21 August 1964.


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Muhammad Ali

According to Roi, Ali proposed to her already during their first meeting.


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Muhammad Ali

[74] The marriage ended in divorce after eleven months.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali filed a complaint in Florida with the Dade County court alleging that Roi had, among other things, refused to follow the Nation of Islam rules he had sworn to abide by at the start of the marriage.


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Muhammad Ali

Roi, for example, did not agree to abide by the organization's dress code.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The final distinction went into effect on January 10, 1966.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali was ordered to pay Roi $15,000 a year for 10 years as well as pay $22500 worth of Roi's legal costs.


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Muhammad Ali

Before the breakup took effect, Ali sent Roi a message telling her the woman had swapped heaven for hell.


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Muhammad Ali

Later, Roi described Ali as an “excellent husband” and said the resignation was because he questioned Elijah Muhammad's teachings and did not agree to obey those who held power in the Muslim organisation who had an influence on Ali.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[75] Ali's membership of the Nation of Islam had a significant impact on his image, as according to biographer Thomas Hauser, Clay's public image prior to the change of religion “pleased the Caucasian population of the country”.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Also, according to boxing promoter Harold Conrad, Ali was formerly known as a “good black” whom whites were able to encourage.


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Muhammad Ali

[69] Following the announcement of the membership and the change of name, sportscaster Jimmy Cannon wrote that he “despised” Ali and “abhorred” what he stands for.


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Muhammad Ali

Promoter Harry Markson, meanwhile, found Ali's antics unfortunate: “We've done a huge amount of work to get rid of cross-racial boundary fences, so it's a shame to watch the heavyweight champion preach in favour of hate religion.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

“[76] After the championship, the attitude towards Clay of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad also became more positive than previously thought.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Earlier, he had accused those involved in converting Clay of “messing around with boxers” and urged Malcolm X to keep his distance from Clay because he believed Liston would win the fight.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Two days after Clay's victory, Elijah Muhammad glowed at Clay's achievement at the Nation of Islam's annual meeting in Chicago.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[77] The change of name was not appreciated either, as most of the media and some public figures refused to use the new name [78].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

In official contexts, however, Ali was used by the name Cassius Clay for years to come.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[79] On June 19, 1964, Ali lost one of the two world title belts he controlled when the boxing federation WBA did not approve his decision to agree to a rematch against Liston [80].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

After the first match, Ali's weight had risen to 105 kilograms and he had to work to get to the fitness required for the match [81].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

With training, Ali's weight dropped ten pounds and the girth of his biceps increased by several centimeters.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The match was due to take place as early as 16 November 1964, but three days before the scheduled encounter, Ali suffered a bout of illness due to a congenital stricken inguinal hernia.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Ali immediately underwent surgery, for which the world title fight had to be moved by half a year.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The match venue, too, had to be changed from Boston, Massachusetts, to Lewiston, Maine.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[82] The match took place on 25 May 1965.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The bout was more straightforward than the previous but also more questionable, as Ali defeated Liston by knockout already in the first round.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

During the match, Ali hit Liston with three powerful punches, the last of which a punched right straight in the face knocked Liston down the canvas.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

After the knockout, however, Ali did not go for a neutral corner and instead stayed beside his beaten opponent to uproot.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[83] Ring umpire Jersey Joe Walcott was so amazed by the situation that he forgot to start counting.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[59] Walcott tried to push Ali away from Liston even though he should have refused to start counting until the champion has gone into a neutral corner.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

After 17 seconds of lying in the canvas, Liston stood up and the fight was resumed for a short while until Ring magazine publisher Nat Fleischer shouted that Liston had been knocked out.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

After the debate, Walcott declared Ali the winner of the match by knockout.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Two years after the match, Liston explained that he didn't get out of the canvees because Ali was left standing next to him: “Everybody knows Ali is wacky.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

You can predict the movements of a normal person, but you never know from a madman”.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Liston had again been the bettors” favourite.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[83] Defending the championship, Muhammad Ali defended his title against two-time world champion, 30-year-old Floyd Patterson, at the Convention Hall in Las Vegas on November 22, 1965 [80].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The marketing of the match took a nasty turn when Patterson announced his intentions to “return the championship belt to the Americans" [84].


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Patterson wrote an article for Sports Illustrated magazine detailing his disdain for the Nation of Islam and noting the world champion belonging to “black Muslims” to discredit both his country and his sport with his speeches.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[85] Ali felt no respect for Patterson, who, in his view, had betrayed his race by moving to an ethnically white borough.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[80] [86] The intervals between the matchmakers became even tighter as Patterson continued to use the Cassius Clay name.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[11] Ali could not tolerate Patterson's behavior because he had demanded everyone call him by his new name.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

A week before the match, Ali threatened to punish Patterson over the allegations he made in the writing, saying he would hit him “so badly that he needs a shoe spoon to put his hat on.”


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[87] [88] Ali continued to taunt Patterson through the entire long bout, which was settled in Ali's favor in the 12th round by technical knockout.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[11] [89] It has been claimed that Ali would have intentionally prolonged the fight and would not have attempted to secure a quick knockout victory.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[90] [91] The media didn't like the match, and for example, New York Times reporter Robert Lipsyte equated Ali with a little boy ripping off a butterfly wings piece by piece.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[92] In 1966, the contract between Ali and the Lousvillean millionaires who served as his managers expired.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The reason for the end of the deal has been considered Ali's membership of the Nation of Islam, something that was likely difficult for senior businessmen to tolerate.


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Muhammad Ali

[93] Jabir Herbert Muhammad, the son of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, was chosen as Ali's new manager.


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Muhammad Ali

[94] Ali had met his future manager for the first time in 1964 after his world title fight when he went to photograph himself in a Chicagoan shop.


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Muhammad Ali

Herbert Muhammad's business instinct and understanding of the boxer's ambition impressed Ali and a deal was born.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[95] Herbert Muhammad paid Ali's training expenses and received 40% of the proceeds from the matches.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[94] Next, Ali was to face Ernie Terrell, who dominated the WBA world title deprived of Ali.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

However, the match, originally intended to take place in Chicago, had to be cancelled.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[96] Ali defended his title in Toronto on 29 March 1966 when he defeated Canadian George Chuvalo by points.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[97] After the match, Ali's military service controversy continued to swell and his next three matches were decided to take place in Europe.


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Muhammad Ali

[98] Challenger Henry Cooper was knocked out by Ali in the sixth round [99] and Brian London in the third.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[100] Karl Mildenberger's Ali defeated in the 10th round by knockout on 10 September 1966 in Frankfurt am Main.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[101] Mildenberger was the first left-handed (southpaw in boxing terms) challenger in boxing history, and his style produced a few problems for Ali.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[102] His next two challengers Ali faced in Houston.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

On November 14, 1966, he knocked out Cleveland Williams in the 3.


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Muhammad Ali

in installments.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[103] Ali's backbenchers would not have wanted him to fight against Williams, who is known for his powerful punches, but Ali said he couldn't consider himself a champion if he doesn't beat Williams.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[104] Williams, however, was only a shadow even further, having been caught up in a shootout a few years earlier and undergone four surgeries.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

According to sportscaster Jerry Izenberg, Ali knew Williams was in poor health and had his own doubts about the match for this reason.


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Muhammad Ali

Izenberg urged Ali to knock Williams out as quickly as possible.


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Muhammad Ali

[105] There were 35460 people watching the match, which was, in its own time, a record for an indoor boxing match.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

After the match, Ali expressed his desire to end his career after defeating his next opponent, WBA federation world champion Ernie Terrell.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

He planned after quitting to devote his life to the benefit of the Nation of Islam.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[106] Terrel was considered the toughest opponent Ali faced in his career since Sonny Liston.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Nonetheless, Ali was the preseason favourite for the match.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[107] On February 6, 1967, Ali finally confronted Terrell.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The match settled the WBA federation's world title, winning which would elevate Ali to the undisputed champion of his weight class.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The match is particularly remembered for how Terrell persistently continued to call Ali Cassius Clay.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Ali was angered by the name-calling and the match became raw.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Unable to get Terrel knocked out, Ali struck him in the face, causing a large cut to open above his left eye in round 6.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

After this, Terrel no longer attacked as aggressively.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

In the eighth round, Ali began to annoy the injured Terrel by shouting, within striking distance, “What's my name?” [108] During the final round, he knocked Terrel down once to the ground, which settled a clear points win for him.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[108] [109] Even before the match Ali had given advance warning of what was to come: “I'm going to sulk and humiliate him every time only again and at the same time I'll let my mouth run.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Bang!


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

I ask him over and over again what my name is.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Boom!


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

I'll keep doing this until he calls me Muhammad Ali.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

I want him to get stunted in the ring.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

He doesn't deserve a cool knockout.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

“[110] Terrell, who knew Ali from his early career as an amateur, later said that he called Ali Clay at first accidentally and continued to do so only to entertain the audience.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[111] Ali defended her title for the ninth and final time against Zora Folley on March 22, 1967 in New York City.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[112] For the first two rounds, Ali observed his opponent and studied his movements, after which he dominated the match.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Folley managed to hit Ali more times than any of his previous opponents.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Ali knocked out his opponent in the seventh round, after which Folley's young son was brought into the ring to watch his father.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

After seeing the boy's downbeat look, Ali told him to be proud of his father, who had organised a great match.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[113] Losing the championship and taking away his license, the 18-year-old Ali was registered for Army call-ups in Louisville on April 18, 1960, and on March 9, 1962, he was classified as eligible for call-up.


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Muhammad Ali

On January 24, 1964, he was assigned to Army eligibility tests, which he flunked.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

He also flunked a retest held two months later, overseen by three Army psychologists.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

On March 26, 1964, Ali was classified as fitness class 1 Y, which meant disqualification from military service.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[114] Ali's call-out records were then moved from Louisville to Houston, where authorities on 17 February 1966 changed his fitness class to 1 A, [94] due to the prolongation of the Vietnam War due to the prolongation of the Vietnam War, the criteria for selecting soldiers had to be haggled.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[72] Ali's lawyer pleaded racial discrimination, and the master himself begged for deferment by invoking his religion, for according to the Quran, a Muslim must not participate in war unless it is the will of God or his messenger (by which Ali referred to Elijah Muhammad, the leader of the Nation of Islam).


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Muhammad Ali

[115] However, the decision was not changed and Ali was ordered to attend invitations in Houston.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[94] [72] A few hours after the order, Ali made several statements to the media on the matter.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The most famous of these was Ali's response when asked by a reporter what he thought of the Viet Cong, to which Ali replied that he has no hard feelings with the Viet Cong.


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Muhammad Ali

[116] [117] Due to his anti-war and unpatriotic statements, a public apology was demanded from Ali.


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Muhammad Ali

However, he stood by his opinions and told me he only regretted having told them to the press.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[118] On March 17, 1966, Ali demanded an exemption from military service from the Vocation Board, citing financial hardship that service would cause him and his family, as well as his religious affiliation.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The petition was denied.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Ali appealed the decision.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

In a special session of the appeals panel, Ali justified his religious belief in a 21-page memo, leading the official in charge of the session to become convinced that Ali was sincere in citing reasons of conscience.


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Muhammad Ali

He recommended that Ali be released from duty, but the Justice Department opposed the recommendation, citing investigations by the FBI that suggested Ali's anti-war stance was based on political and racial views, and religion was merely an excuse.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[119] At the invitation ceremony on 28 April 1967, Ali refused three times to answer the roll call of the Vocation Authorities and was warned against refusing under threat of punishment.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

When, on the fourth time, Ali failed to respond, he was arrested.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[20] [120] [79] Ali walked free after posting $5000 bail, conditional on him not being allowed to leave the United States.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[121] Just hours after the invitation session, the New York Athletic Commission revoked Ali's boxing license and refused to recognize him as world champion.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

Other states followed suit, resulting in Ali losing his world title.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[122] Later in June, Ali was sentenced to a five-year prison sentence and pay a fine of ten thousand dollars, which was the highest possible sentence.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

The confiscation of his passport effectively ended Ali's boxing career, as the domestic boxing commissions did not give him a fight license.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[123] He had to take a three-year break from boxing without serving a day in prison.


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Ali was allowed to remain free on bail.


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[124] When Ali gave his first Viet Cong comments, the United States had not yet generally turned against the war.


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Many people and organizations took positions on Ali's settlement.


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Former boxing world champion Billy Conn called Ali the shame stain of boxing's next world.


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Pennsylvania Rep. Frank Clark told reporters he found Ali sickening.


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The Chicago Tribune ran a heated campaign to have Clay's match against Ernie Terrel moved away from Chicago.


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Governor Otto Kerney ordered the Boxing Commission to investigate and when Ali refused to apologize for his Viet Cong statements, Attorney General William Clark banned the fight from being staged, citing vaguely state sports law.


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Attempts were made to move the match to Louisville, Miami, Pittsburgh, and several other cities, but everywhere local politicians blocked the event.


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Eventually, Terrell withdrew as a scuffle and Ali was forced to fight Canada's Toronto against George Chuvalo.


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[125] Since Ali's judgment was also seen as a religious issue, many Muslims sided with support for him.


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For example, an entourage of Cairan officials expressed in a petition to President Lyndon B. Johnson that they hoped that Ali would be relieved of duty.


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[94] Three days before the invitations, Ali called his situation God's way to test the faith of his supporters: “Allah wants to test me.


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If I pass the test, I will be even stronger.” [126] Time in a match ban during his 1967—1970 Match ban, Ali became more deeply acquainted with the teachings of Elijah Muhammad, attended Nation of Islam events and visited mosques across the country.


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[127] He made a living by making television commercials, lecturing at colleges and appearing on television talk shows.


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In addition, he made a $225,000 contract for the rights to his biography [14] and appeared in the Broadway musical starring Buck White.


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The musical premiered on 2 December 1969 at the George Abbot Theatre, but was only able to be performed four days before it was discontinued.


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[128] Ali also contributed a documentary about his life to A.K.A.


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Cassius Clay to the making.


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[129] Ali had no problems making a living at a time when the continuation of his boxing career looked hopeless.


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In August 1967, Ali married for the second time.


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His wife was 17-year-old Belinda Boyd, whose father was a member of the Nation of Islam.


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Boyd had received his education at the University of Islam and was working as a salesman at a Chicago-based bakery owned by the organisation when he met Ali.


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[130] [131] They had four children during their marriage.


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[132] After the wedding, Ali announced that he would leave boxing and become a Muslim preacher, [133] but nevertheless tried to regain his license several more times until announcing in 1970 that he would give up boxing for good.


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[134] During his ban from The Super Fight, Ali agreed to a computer match against retired Rocky Marciano.


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The promoter of the bout was Murray Woroner, who had previously 'plotted' computer-designed boxing matches on his well-known radio show.


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Woroner had entered information on his computer about sixteen world heavyweight champions and, based on them, created a tournament that Marciano won; Ali in turn lost to James J. Jeffries.


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Because of the result, one of Ali's attorneys threatened to sue Woroner, allowing Woroner to get the idea for a showcased match.


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Ali made ten thousand dollars from the fight and a share of the proceeds.


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[135] Facing off were the only heavyweight champions of the world to remain undefeated.


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The bout was called The Super Fight.


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Hundreds of sports journalists and former boxers provided details for the bout about the characteristics of both boxers such as speed and strength.


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The data was entered into a computer and the machine calculated a model of how the match could have progressed.


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[136] Woroner had created the idea for radio, but he decided to develop it further now and make the match into a film.


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Ali and Marciano sparred against each other in the ring and presented every possible blow and set; all possible solutions (knockout, technical knockout, score and draw) were also filmed.


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Marciano was killed in an airplane crash in 1969 and was unable to see the film, which premiered on 20 January 1970 in 850 cinemas in the United States.


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[136] The course of a computer-designed match was kept a big secret before the film premiered.


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Based on results in the United States, Marciano secured a knockout victory over Ali in the 13th round after Ali visited the canvees three times before that, but in the European version Ali won.


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[129] [137] This was, according to sports journalist and historian Bert Sugar, because “Europeans were infuriated” by Marciano's victory, and for this reason the BBC aired a version in England a week after the premiere in which Ali defeated Marciano by technical knockout.


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[135] Return and Fight of the Century Ali did not end his career, but returned to the ring even before his sentence was overturned.


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Since there was no boxing commission in the state of Georgia, he was able to fight there without a license.


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[20] It has been rumored that the state's governor, Lester Maddox, allowed the struggle to materialize to win the black vote in the next election.


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[70] In his comeback fight in Atlanta on October 26, 1970, Ali faced Jerry Quarry, another challenger to World Champion Joe Frazier.


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Ali defeated him via technical knockout in the third round.


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[138] Quarry's left eye corner opened, causing his assistant to throw the towel into the ring.


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Eleven stitches were stitched into the wound after the match.


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Referee Tony Perez would have allowed Quarry to continue still struggling.


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[139] After Ali had taken a clear victory over Quarry, experts discovered that during his absence he had developed his strength and could no longer be considered merely a fast boxer.


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[14] Next, Ali took defeated Argentinian Oscar Bonavena by technical knockout in the NABF championship match on December 7.


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He relinquished the championship shortly after the fight.


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[140] The first encounter between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier was called Fight of the Century (Match of the Century) and took place at New York City's Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971.


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[141] The fighters were guaranteed fees of $2.5 million for the match.


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[142] It was the first boxing world championship match to face two undefeated world heavyweight champions, [14] [143] which was also reflected at the box office.


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The match made a profit of nearly $23 million, of which ticket sales accounted for more than a million.


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Through television, the match was watched by 300 million viewers in 46 countries.


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[142] While marketing the struggle, Ali mockingly referred to Frazier as “Uncle Thomas” (eng.


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Uncle Tom), which meant white kowtowing black.


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Frazier, who supported Ali during his match ban, did not realise this and a feud between the pair began to develop.


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[144] By utilizing the media, Ali managed to shape the images of the fighters to reflect popular opinions: Ali represented a young, anti-war and black state, while Frazier was an advance favourite of conservative, patriotic and white people.


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Frazier didn't like Ali's habit of bringing things into the struggle that weren't part of it, but they raised the interest of the match.


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[144] Frazier destabilized Ali early in the 11th round and knocked him down the canvas in the final round, thus securing his points victory.


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Before the bout, Frazier had said Ali was good but not good enough for him to “run.”


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This was true, as Frazier stayed through the match close to Ali, slowing him down with body blows.


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[145] Ali was used to hitting his opponents from afar, but Frazier kept tight close to him and prevented him from exploiting his reach.


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[143] [146] Instead of his usual jab, Ali had to hit Frazier with hooks that made his face swell but were not powerful enough to settle the match.


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[145] Shortly after the bout, Ali claimed to have lost the bout by a “white man's decision” and in reality that he had beaten Frazier by points.


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[144] Meanwhile, public opinion in the United States had begun to turn against the Vietnam War, and on June 28, 1971, the Supreme Court of the United States decided to overturn the conviction received by Ali by a vote of 8—0.


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According to the ruling, Ali had refused service, citing his conscience and religion, and the sentence could not be considered reasonable.


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Those convicted of other crimes such as rape or murder did not, according to witness testimony, had trouble like Ali's in obtaining a boxing license.


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[14] [120] Time as NABF champion despite the disappointment of the World Championship title, Ali continued his career, defeating Jimmy Ellis in the 12th round by technical knockout in the July 26 match.


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The stake for the match was the vacant NABF Championship, which Ali won for the second time in his career.


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In November 1972, Ali faced Bob Foster.


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Foster was a powerful hitter, and from his trail Ali sustained a visible cut and bruising to the corner of his eye for the first time in his career.


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Although Ali managed to win the bout via knockout, he said after the bout his “humanity has become proven” and admitted Foster had been a decent opponent.


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[147] Before his match in Las Vegas against Joe Bugner, “king of rock and roll” Elvis Presley went to see Ali and gifted him a match jacket, [148] which he refused to wear in his match against Bugner because he feared that he would break his routine.


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[70] Still, he wore a jacket wearing in his next match against Ken Norton in an encounter on 31 March 1973.


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[148] Ali suffered the second official defeat of his career against Norton by a unanimous decision of the judges.


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Norton was not surprised by the result, as he had also, in his own opinion, been winning throughout.


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[149] The match is particularly known for how Norton managed during the match to break Ali's jaw.


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Muhammad Ali himself has told of noticing a fracture after the second round, in which Norton had been able to strike a powerful hook through his protection.


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Ali, however, went on to fight because he had imagined he could still win, but avoiding his opponent and shielding his jaw ultimately cost the struggle victory.


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The lack of training has been blamed for the defeat, too, as manager Herbert Muhammad had already pointed out before the match that Ali had breached the principles of good training in preparation for the match.


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[150] Due to the injury, he went on six months sick leave and, upon his return, faced his first job in a rematch with Norton which took place on 10 September 1973.


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This time Ali was better prepared and took control of the NABF championship for the third time by split points.


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[151] Ali fought one more bout against Rudi Lubbers before he and Frazier faced off for the second time in a fight known as Super Fight II on January 29, 1974.


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[152] The match received a lot of attention, as the day before that Ali and Frazier got into a brawl in the middle of an interview aired on the ABC channel Wild World of Sports.


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[143] [70] The struggle, like the previous encounter of the pair, generated more than $20 million in total for its organisers.


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[153] Ali took a clear points victory over Frazier and would likely have knocked him to the canvees in the second set had it not been interrupted by the umpire.


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[143] After the match, Ali relinquished the NABF championship to concentrate on the world title fight.


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Second World Championship: The Rumble in the Jungle match between Ali and George Foreman took place historically in Africa, in Kinshasa, the capital of Zaire, on 30 October 1974.


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[154] The bout was advertised as Rumble in the Jungle, invented by Don King, who was the promoter of the bout, a rather unknown name in the boxing world at the time.


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King promised Ali and Foreman a $5 million fee for the match but had to find an outside backer for the match because he was himself broke.


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Zaire's president Mobutu Sese Seko announced that he would guarantee the money and organise an open-air arena with 60,000 spectators as the venue for the fight, as he wanted Zaire to be the first country to sponsor a major boxing match in Africa.


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[155] Ali was again a contender and an underdog and his chances of winning another championship were not entrusted.


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[120] The betting odds were on Foreman's side in chapters 3 to 1.


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[156] Foreman was younger and bigger than Ali (190 cm and 100 kg) [155] and known for his striking power.


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[157] Foreman's dominance was also informed by the fact that he had previously only needed two rounds to knock out Joe Frazier and Ken Norton.


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Ali, on the other hand, had lost one-time to each of them and all their encounters had been remarkably even-handed anyway.


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[155] The match had to be postponed for six weeks because Foreman suffered an open wound to his eye while sparring.


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[155] The delay did no harm to the confident Ali, who enjoyed the sympathy and hospitality of the Zaireans.


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The people took him as their own when he proclaimed that he was first and foremost African.


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[156] Foreman did not adapt to Zaire like Ali, but was annoyed to remain there to stay as a “political prisoner”.


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His training camp, too, was located on an old army base.


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Muhammad Ali

[155] In the first round of the bout, Ali traditionally fought by moving around a lot and hitting sure punches.


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However, he soon realised he couldn't beat the stronger Foreman with that style.


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He switched his tactics and began taking copious blows to his body while lying on the hoop ropes, which caused Foreman, known as a powerful hitter, to wear out his power.


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[5] While lying in the ropes, he constantly insulted and annoyed Foreman by describing his blows as “virgin”.


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Muhammad Ali

[156] In the 8th round of the bout, Ali managed to knock out a tired Foreman, thus becoming the first boxing world champion after Floyd Patterson to have managed to win the title again after losing it once.


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[154] Ali had also managed to win over the majority of Zaire supporters before the match.


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The crowd shouted through the match with a pep phrase of “Ali, boma ye!”


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(Ali, kill him) and cheered when Ali punched Foreman.


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[157] [156] After the match, Foreman, who had not lost a single match yet in his professional career, disputed the integrity of the match.


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Over the years, he reported that his defeat had been attributed, among other things, to heavy air in Africa, drinking water poisoned with a narcotic substance, ring ropes loosened by Angelo Dundee and a judge's too-quick figure count.


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[157] Foreman's mental recovery from defeat took a long time, but he eventually learned to reluctantly accept his loss to “the best man there ever was in the boxing ring”.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali, for his part, has said that Foreman was the most powerful hitter he had ever encountered.


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[158] Later Foreman and Ali were good friends.


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Foreman has said the struggle taught him humility and is proud of his status as an important chapter in Ali's career.


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[159] Thrilla in Manila Ali defended his new title for the first time against unknown Chuck Wepner, who became the fourth matchmaker to use Ali in Kanvees.


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Muhammad Ali

[160] Ali defeated Wepner by knockout in the 15th round.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali next faced Joe Bugner in Kuala Lumpur on 1 July 1975, defeating the Englishman on points.


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Muhammad Ali

[161] Subsequently, Ali boxed one of the most famous fights of his career when he faced Joe Frazier for the third time.


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Muhammad Ali

The match took place in warm conditions in Philippine Manila on October 1, 1975 [162] and is known as Thrilla in Manila, invented by promoter Don King.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali was paid $4.5 million for the encounter and Frazier $3.5 million.


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[163] Thrilla in Manila received plenty of attention before the match began when Ali publicly called Frazier illiterate and called him a “gorilla”.


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Frazier took each insult personally, as his children were being school-bullied because of them, and thus the anger between opponents that had already blossomed in previous matches deepened.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali has later defended himself, saying his statements were solely marketing the match.


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Muhammad Ali

[164] The visibility of the match only increased when, while visiting the President of the Philippines, Ali brought along to the reception a model named Veronica Porche, who had been hired by Don King to market the match.


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Muhammad Ali

The president mistook the woman for Ali's wife and said she was beautiful.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali didn't even try to correct the mistake, which made it into newspaper headlines around the world.


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Muhammad Ali

Because of the stir, he had to hold a press conference where he said he was only responsible for his girlfriend to his wife Belinda, and no one else.


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Muhammad Ali

Later, Belinda traveled to Manila to meet her husband and during a one-day-long meeting, Belinda, according to many sources, assaulted Ali.


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Muhammad Ali

[165] However, the quarrel did not interfere with Ali's focus on the struggle, which took place at the appointed time.


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Muhammad Ali

[166] Ali dominated the start of the match, though he didn't move as much, as he did in his previous matches.


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Muhammad Ali

In his memoirs, he said that he would never have had a 15-round struggle against Frazier if he had moved more; he also says that Dick Sadler (George Foreman's former manager), who worked as an assistant in the match, had helped him specifically with strength training and powerboxing. include less movement.


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Muhammad Ali

[167] Midway through the struggle, Frazier managed to gain control of the match.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali then sought to strike Frazier continuously in the face, which caused Frazier's eyes to begin to swell in the 11th round.


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Muhammad Ali

In the final, 13th and 14th rounds of the match, he saw nothing again.


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Muhammad Ali

[143] [168] Ali won the bout via technical knockout when Frazier's coach Eddie Futch threw in the towel in the ring on a break between the 14th and 15th rounds.


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Muhammad Ali

[168] After his victory, Ali rose from his chair to show his elation, but he was exhausted by the heat of the match venue and fell on the arms of his assistant.


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[143] Ali and Frazier's final encounter is considered one of the most famous boxing matches of all time: the match was named Match of the Year by the magazine The Ring and it was first in Time magazine's list of “Top 10 Boxing Matches”.


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Muhammad Ali

After the bout, Ali said Joe Frazier was “the best boxer in the world after me”, described him as his toughest opponent, and said he went “closer to death than ever” during the bout.


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Muhammad Ali

[143] [158] [169] Muhammad Ali is thought to have sustained serious injuries during the already physically heavy Thrilla In Manila, which may have affected the matches of the end of his career.


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[170] Ali, for example, did not come to the press conference immediately after the match, instead his assistants had to announce the champion was too tired.


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Muhammad Ali

When he finally showed up at the press conference, he didn't speak as much as he used to.


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[171] Even Ali's longtime doctor Ferdie Paccheco said Ali actually visited Thrilla in Manila during near death and sustained severe damage to his kidneys and brain.


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Muhammad Ali

[172] Later, he has reiterated in various sources that he hoped Ali would end his career after the match.


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Muhammad Ali

[144] [173] In an interview after the struggle, Ali also expressed his desire to quit boxing, stating: “This is too painful, too laborious.


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Muhammad Ali

“[166] However, defending his second title Ali did not end his career yet but defended his title by knocking out Belgian Jean-Pierre Coopman in February 1976 in the fifth round.


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Muhammad Ali

[172] Subsequently, Ali fought overweight against Jimmy Young.


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Muhammad Ali

Young took cover of his face and backed off throughout, which forced Ali to chase him from behind.


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Muhammad Ali

As Ali was not used to taking body blows, he often had to wait for his chance to strike Young in the face, which caused the match to become very slow-paced.


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Muhammad Ali

[174] Less than a month later, he defeated Englishman Richard Dunn by a fifth-round knockout.


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Muhammad Ali

[172] When Ali had visited Japan, he had joked that he would pay $1 million to a Japanese fighter who would defeat him.


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Muhammad Ali

Thus, Japanese free-wrestler Antonio Inoki pressured Ali into agreeing to a friendly match.


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Muhammad Ali

When Ali entered the ring in Tokyo on June 16, 1976, he learned that the bout would not have been organised like traditional show wrestling matches, but would be fought in earnest.


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Muhammad Ali

Throws, open-palm punches to the face and kicks below the waist were banned.


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Muhammad Ali

Throughout the bout, Inoki's tactic was to injure Ali's legs, and the boxer had no choice but to dodge his kicks.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali allowed only six strikes in the match and the jury judged the bout a draw.


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Muhammad Ali

After the match, the open wounds on Ali's legs became inflamed and he had to spend two weeks in hospital in Los Angeles.


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Muhammad Ali

[172] Ali fought against Ken Norton for the third time in September 1976.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali's legs were still sore from the trail of the Inoki match and he was no longer moving as well as he used to.


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Muhammad Ali

The crowd booed when the jury unanimously declared Ali the winner, and his reputation was suspected to have contributed to the tight points verdict.


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Muhammad Ali

[172] Ken Norton agreed, saying disappointed the judges “gave the win to Ali because he generated a lot of money for boxing.


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Muhammad Ali

“[175] Ali won by scores of 8—7, 8—7, 8—6—1.


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Muhammad Ali

After the struggle, Sports Illustrated judged that Ali would no longer after this fight be the “people's champion” as he had been marketed as.


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Muhammad Ali

[176] On June 19, 1977, Ali entered into his third marriage to Veronica Porche, who some months earlier had given birth to Ali a child.


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Muhammad Ali

[177] Ali and Porche had been dating publicly for a long time, but entering the marriage only became possible once the marriage to Belinda Boyd had officially ended.


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Muhammad Ali

[132] On September 29, 1977, Ali defended his title against Earnie Shavers.


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Muhammad Ali

He won the 15-round scramble with a points verdict.


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Muhammad Ali

Shavers characterised Ali after the match as a poor champion who merely “posed, and didn't fight properly.”


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Muhammad Ali

His coach Frank Luca, on the other hand, said referees had also robbed the championship from his protégé, as they had previously done in the match between Ali and Norton.


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Muhammad Ali

[178] In the bout, Eva Shain historically served as a female point judge for the first time in a top-level boxing match.


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Muhammad Ali

[179] After the bout, Ali's doctor, Ferdie Pacheco, saw laboratory results taken by a New York Boxing Commission doctor that suggested that Ali's kidneys were in really poor condition following a boxer's career.


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Muhammad Ali

Pacheco wrote a letter with concern about Ali's condition to his manager, wife and coach, however, without receiving a response.


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Muhammad Ali

However, he was promised that after Shavers, Ali would come to fight no more easy opponents.


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Muhammad Ali

[173] Third World Championship: Matches against Spinks on February 15, 1978 in a championship match held in Las Vegas, Ali lost his title by points to the Montréal Olympics gold medalist, only eight professional fights (7 wins, one draw) to boxing Leon Spinks in a bout considered one of the greatest surprises in boxing history.


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Muhammad Ali

[120] [180] Ali had initially not wanted to even face the inexperienced Spinks because he was afraid of the audience's reaction.


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Muhammad Ali

However, he agreed after Spinks had first clinched a draw against Scott Ledoux.


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Muhammad Ali

The match-fixing deal guaranteed Ali $3.5 million and Spinks only $320,000.


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Muhammad Ali

[181] Despite Ali's presence, the struggle was a difficult sell, as only the CBS television channel was interested in the performance rights.


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Muhammad Ali

Marketing of the struggle was also disrupted by Ali's “vow of secrecy.”


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Muhammad Ali

As usual, he never tried to publicly criticize his opponent because he didn't think he could discredit Spinks' already bad reputation.


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Muhammad Ali

Because Ali did not believe in his opponent's chances of winning, he left training for less, sparring only 25 rounds against training opponents.


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Muhammad Ali

[181] Ali started the match in his usual way by dancing around the opponent and delivering few punches.


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Muhammad Ali

Halfway through the match, he decided to try his rope-a-dope tactics and was left lying on the ropes.


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Muhammad Ali

However, Spinks did not begin to hit Ali in the body and instead sought at every opportunity to strike him in the shoulders and biceps to render Ali's dreaded jab ineffective.


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Muhammad Ali

In the final five rounds, Spinks was able to attack directly toward Ali's punches, which, according to a Sports Illustrated reporter, were “more akin to pushing than punching.”


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Muhammad Ali

[182] Already in the eighth round of the match Ali had stated to his coach that his opponent was too young.


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Muhammad Ali

[173] After his defeat, he admitted that he had taken badly, although he did not want to downplay Spinks' abilities.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali felt that Spinks made “me and a lot of others look crass.”


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Muhammad Ali

[183] Spinks agreed to face Ali first in a rematch, prompting another major boxing federation, the WBC, to strip him of the championship, as Ken Norton was listed as the first challenger on their list.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali therefore only fought Spinks for the title of WBA World Champion.


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Muhammad Ali

The rematch took place on September 15, 1978 in New Orleans and it generated $4,806,675 admission box office receipts for its organizers, breaking the years-old record set by a bout between Jack Dempsey and Gene Tunney.


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Muhammad Ali

[184] [185] The 36-year-old Ali defeated Spinks by clear points, becoming the first boxer to have managed to win the world heavyweight title three times.


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Muhammad Ali

A year later in June, he relinquished his championship and announced that he was quitting boxing.


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Muhammad Ali

[70] [186] In the eyes of posterity, Ali's defeat to Spinks has been justified by underestimating the opponent and also by momentary indifference.


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Muhammad Ali

The bout has also been claimed to have been pre-arranged, as the subsequent rematch brought in nearly $5 million to the organisers.


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Muhammad Ali

[187] Last comeback and two defeats Two years after his most recent fight in October 1980, Ali returned to the match ring once more, facing his former training partner Larry Holmes.


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Muhammad Ali

The bout was staked on Holmes' WBC union heavyweight title and Ali's goal was to become the first four-time world champion in heavyweight history.


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Muhammad Ali

The struggle was advertised as The Last Hurrah.


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Muhammad Ali

[188] The match contract guaranteed Ali eight and world champion Holmes $5 million.


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Muhammad Ali

[186] Ali trained hard for the match and lost weight to get into match fitness.


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Muhammad Ali

Upon entering the ring, he weighed less than in six years [189] after dropping his weight from 115 pounds to 98.5 kilograms.


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Muhammad Ali

In addition, Ali dyed her grayed hair darker and threatened to knock Holmes out.


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Muhammad Ali

Apparent youthfulness and poise enabled the betting odds to ultimately be only 13—10 on Holmes' side.


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Muhammad Ali

[186] When the struggle began, however, 30-year-old Holmes proved to be faster than the 38-year-old Ali and the challenger was forced to forfeit the fight before the start of the 11th round after his eyebrows opened.


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Muhammad Ali

For the first time in his career, Muhammad Ali was unable to continue the match he started until the end.


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Muhammad Ali

The match referee, Ali's coach and even Holmes have later said they hoped the match would end even earlier.


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Muhammad Ali

[189] After the match, Holmes went to Ali's dressing room and told him he was really sorry for beating him and that he loved him.


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Muhammad Ali

[190] Despite his victory, Holmes was depressed and has later stated that he had been prouder “of sparring with young Ali than winning the old Ali”.


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Muhammad Ali

[190] Although the Holmes fight had been extremely difficult for him, Ali denied that his career was over and already told the papers the next day that Larry Holmes would be world heavyweight champion only until his return.


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Muhammad Ali

[189] He refused to accept the argument that the loss had been due to his age, but believed he had lost due to dehydration caused by too strict diet and exercise.


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Muhammad Ali

[191] Looking to finish his career as a winner, he emerged in the ring the next time against Trevor Berbick a year later on December 11, 1981 in Nassau, the Bahamas, considerably gaining weight and heavier than ever.


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Muhammad Ali

[174] His former physician Ferdie Pacheco already pointed out at that time that Ali's speech had slowed down since 1970.


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Muhammad Ali

Many suspected Ali had suffered brain damage, but he himself disputed it.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali lost a scuffle designed to be ten-seeded by points.


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Muhammad Ali

[192] After the match, he again announced that he was ending his career, and said that for the first time in his life he really felt like he was 40 years old.


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Muhammad Ali

[193] Six months later, Ali suggested to his coach Angelo Dundee a further return to the boxing ring, at which point Dundee, however, said “the well had been sucked in empty”.


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Muhammad Ali

[194] Berbick match Ali finished last.


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Muhammad Ali

During his professional career, Muhammad Ali won 56 fights, 37 of them by knockout.


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Muhammad Ali

He lost only 5 fights, including 3 in his last 5 fights.


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Muhammad Ali

In addition, Ali had managed to defeat three opponents in a rematch to whom he first had lost.


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Muhammad Ali

[195] Parkinson's disease and life after a boxing career, Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984.


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Muhammad Ali

[193] The doctor who treated him believed that the blows Ali received to his head could not have been the cause of the illness because Ali was able to avoid open shock exchanges due to his speed.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali believed his boxing career spanning 30 years had contributed to the illness.


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Muhammad Ali

The hospital's leading neurologist did not deny that the illness could be caused by the shocks, but added that the cause cannot be known for sure anyway.


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Muhammad Ali

[70] [196] [197] Ali said of his illness himself: “He (God) gave me Parkinson's disease to show that He is greater than me and I am weak like other people.” [198] After the illness became public, Ali briefly contemplated a medical procedure involving his brain should be implanted in the adrenal tissue.


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Muhammad Ali

Initially, he accepted the proposal, but eventually decided to abandon the plans.


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Muhammad Ali

The probability of death on the operation would have been ten per cent.


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Muhammad Ali

[193] In 1985, Ali was a guest judge at the WrestleMania wrestling event held at New York's Madison Square Garden.


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Muhammad Ali

He served as an out-of-ring judge for the evening's main match, which was a team match between Mr. T and Hulk Hogan and Roddy Piper and Paul Orndorff.


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Muhammad Ali

The crowd honored Ali's presence in the WWE ring by standing up and applauding.


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Muhammad Ali

[199] On November 19, 1986, Ali married Yolanda “Lonnie” Ali, whom he had first met at the age of 21 when Lonnie was six years old.


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Muhammad Ali

They were married until Ali's death.


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Muhammad Ali

[70] Lonnie was a Roman Catholic at a young age, but converted to Islam at the age of 20.


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Muhammad Ali

[200] For his last years, Muhammad Ali lived in Arizona and spent his time praying and reading the Quran.


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Muhammad Ali

He spread his faith by signing several religious pamphlets daily for delivery around the world.


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Muhammad Ali

[193] Lonnie Ali said in an interview in 2007 that the hatred against Islam that followed the September 11 attacks saddens Ali because he feels hatred doesn't solve anything.


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Muhammad Ali

[200] Ali's daughter Laila Ali (born 30 December 1977) also started her career as a boxer.


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Muhammad Ali

Lonnie Ali has said he had been concerned before starting his career about Muhammad's reaction to seeing his daughter in the ring.


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Muhammad Ali

[200] On 11 June 2005, Laila Ali won the first women's world championship title shared by the WBC federation.


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Muhammad Ali

The win was 21.


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Muhammad Ali

Laila Ali's until then loss-free career.


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Muhammad Ali

By ending his career he had won all 24 of his professional fights.


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Muhammad Ali

In February 2013, British magazine The Sun reported Ali's brother Rahman as saying Ali's health was particularly weak and suspected he would die in the next few days.


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Muhammad Ali

However, Ali's family quickly refuted the magazine's claims as unfounded.


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Muhammad Ali

[201] Muhammad Ali died on June 3, 2016 at a hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, [3] where he had been taken the day before due to breathing problems.


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Muhammad Ali

[202] Bacterial blood poisoning, or septic shock, was identified as the cause of death.


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Muhammad Ali

[203] He was buried on June 10 in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.


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Muhammad Ali

[204] Match Style Technique and Strengths Muhammad Ali's boxing style differed strongly from the classic boxing style represented by Joe Louis.


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Muhammad Ali

The stretching Ali has been described as an out-boxer in style, that is, a boxer who tends to keep a certain distance from his opponent.


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Muhammad Ali

[5] The lowest technique was original.


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Muhammad Ali

He often fought with his hands down and omitted the protection altogether, which produced difficulties for his opponents.


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Muhammad Ali

[139] Ali ignored hedging because he relied on his speed and the fact that he could dodge blows instead of repelling them.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali has been described as a technically poor heavyweight boxer with the speed of a welterweight boxer.


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Muhammad Ali

[5] “People thought I was holding my hands too low and doing other things wrong, but when I was younger my legs worked as my defense,” Ali told his biographer [205].


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Muhammad Ali

Already as an amateur, young Ali had the same reflexes he later became known for: “Cassius just stood still, moved his head a few inches, turned his body slightly and slid past the blow.


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Muhammad Ali

It was just unbelievable,” said Amateur League umpire Bob Sorest.


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Muhammad Ali

[21] Coach Angelo Dundee said the style was characteristic of Ali, as experiments with traditional protection in early professional matches did not do particularly well.


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Muhammad Ali

[33] Despite the success, coach Dundee said many people criticised Ali's boxing style early in his career because they believed Ali couldn't bat.


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Muhammad Ali

[206] Sportscaster Billy Conn continued to criticize Ali's boxing style even in 1965, by which time Ali had already emerged as World Heavyweight Champion.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali offset the criticism by referring to his achievements: “Say what you say.


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Muhammad Ali

I can't bat, I keep my protection too low, I lean back.


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Muhammad Ali

But I'm still here”.


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Muhammad Ali

[207] With his speed, reach and stamina, Ali was at his best against big-bodied and powerful boxers who often had to chase him from behind in the ring.


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Muhammad Ali

It was then that, when retreating, Ali was able to carefully select the locations of his punches and hit a quick series of punches in the face.


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Muhammad Ali

Such opponents included such opponents as Sonny Liston, Cleveland Williams, George Foreman and Earnie Shavers.


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Muhammad Ali

[174] Muhammad Ali's impact resistance has been regarded as one of the best of heavyweights, and during his matches at the height of his career in the mid-1970s, the importance of the feature was highlighted.


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Muhammad Ali

[174] Ali also began using the rope-a-dope tactics he developed against powerful boxers.


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Muhammad Ali

He did not try to move away but settled down to lie on the ropes, shielding his head and taking blows to his torso in the process.


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Muhammad Ali

The tactic was intended to tire the opponent.


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Muhammad Ali

[5] Ali used the tactic triumphantly in his matches against Foreman, Shavers and Ken Norton.


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Muhammad Ali

[182] Weaknesses With his speed, Ali was able to make up for many of his shortcomings, for example in the field of power.


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Muhammad Ali

World Heavyweight Champion Larry Holmes, who served as Ali's training opponent and fought him once in 1981 described Ali as a great man but an overrated boxer.


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Muhammad Ali

He has said Ali hit “like a butterfly.”


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Muhammad Ali

[144] For Ali, particularly short and fast boxers who were able to render his reach and speed useless by applying pressure.


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Muhammad Ali

Such opponents included the likes of Joe Frazier and Ken Norton, who each matched against Ali three times, beating him once.


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Muhammad Ali

[5] Both were coached by Eddie Futch.


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Muhammad Ali

He instructed Norton to fend off Ali's jabs and punch counter-punches to the face to disrupt Ali's rhythm.


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Muhammad Ali

This was made possible by a technical foul constantly repeated by Ali: Ali dropped the cover formed by his right hand down while hitting the jab with his other hand.


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Muhammad Ali

[174] In his three matches against Norton, Ali had to split the points twice, which was not typical of him.


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Muhammad Ali

[151] The defending boxers that Ali faced in the late 1970s also brought him difficulties as he was not used to attacking his opponent.


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Muhammad Ali

In addition, defending boxers strongly protected their heads, and striking body blows was never one of Ali's strengths.


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Muhammad Ali

There were such boxers, for example, Jimmy Young.


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Muhammad Ali

[174] Importance As a boxer and sportsman Muhammad Ali was respected and respected already during his career.


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Muhammad Ali

Ali, for example, has appeared on the cover of the prestigious Sports Illustrated magazine a record 37 times.


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Muhammad Ali

The only person to have made more appearances on the cover of the magazine is basketball player Michael Jordan.


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Muhammad Ali

[208] Ali's esteem as a boxer and sportsman in general remained high even after his career.


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Muhammad Ali

Respected martial arts specialty magazine The Ring rated Muhammad Ali as the “best boxer” and “best fighter” in 1997 and Sports Illustrated selected him as the “athlete of the century” in 1999.


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Muhammad Ali

[6] [209] When Ali took to the stage to pick up the award awarded by Illustrated at an event at Madison Square Garden with apparent painstaking and slow movement, an audience of notable athletes began to applaud and call out his name.


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Muhammad Ali

[193] In 1999, L'Equipe placed Ali second, Helsingin Sanomat third and Dagens Nyheter seventh in their lists of athletes of the century.


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Muhammad Ali

[7] In 1999, he was selected by the International Sports Leaders' Marate as the best athlete of the century.


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Muhammad Ali

[170] In 2007, ESPN ranked him at number three on its compiled list of the best North American athletes of the 20th century; only Michael Jordan and baseball player Babe Ruth ranked him further.


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Muhammad Ali

[210] Both BBC (2005) and ESPN (2009) journalists have ranked Muhammad Ali as the second greatest boxer of all time, after Sugar Ray Robinson.


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Muhammad Ali

[211] [212] In 2012, Ali was named King of Boxing by a special committee assembled by the WBC union at the union's 50-year-old celebration gala.


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Muhammad Ali

The celebratory speech was delivered on his behalf by wife Lonnie.


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Muhammad Ali

[8] Due to his achievements, Ali was selected in 1996 to ignite the Olympic fire of the Atlanta Olympics.


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Muhammad Ali

[146] [213] The night before, Ali had stayed up for several hours holding a torch in his hand.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

His wife Lonnie said that “Ali felt like he had won the World Cup title for the fourth time”.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[214] The identity of the incendiary was kept a secret until the last, and in many cases Ali was not taken seriously because of his Parkinson's disease.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[70] In the same year Ali was also given a new Olympic gold medal in place of what he won at the 1960 Rome Olympics, as he had, in his own words, thrown the original medal into the river.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

[70] [215] In popular culture Own works Ali also performed as a singer and actor.


Question: How many times did Liston win his fights by knockout in his career?

Muhammad Ali

As early as 1963, before the world title and name change, Ali recorded an LP record I Am the Greatest, featuring cover versions of such songs as Ben E. King's “Stand By Me” and Sam Cooke's “The Gang's All Here”.