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Muhammad Ali and Chuck Wepner fought in a boxing match on March 24, 1975, at the Richfield Coliseum in Richfield Township, Summit County, Ohio . Ali won the fight after he knocked out Wepner in the fifteenth round. The fight is notable for being among the four fights in which Ali was officially knocked down in the ring, and for inspiring the ...
Ali was a 10 to 1 betting favorite. Ali toyed with Wepner through the first eight rounds. In the ninth round, Wepner stepped on Ali's foot and hit him with a right to the ribs, which knocked the champion flat on his back for an official knockdown. After the knockdown, Ali started to fight with more purpose and dominated rounds ten through fifteen.
Result. 15-round draw. 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. At the time, Ali had come off a knockout victory over Richard Dunn in May ...
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Jun 4, 2016 · Muhammad Ali throws a phantom punch towards challenger Chuck Wepner during a press conference on February 11, 1975 in Cleveland, Ohio. Though not the No. 1 contender at the time, Wepner was one of ...
Jan 26, 2023 · Chuck Wepner's most famous fight was a defeat, but his blood-soaked legend lives on in New Jersey. ... "Tony Perez was the referee for my fight with Muhammad Ali," remembers Wepner of their 1975 ...
