At the opening bell, Liston rushed at Clay, seemingly angry and looking for a quick knockout.

In the fight with Moore, the panther-like son of a Brooklyn sanitation truck driver disposed of his opponent in 2:27 of the fifth round before a roaring gathering in the Chicago Stadium.

Correspondent Lee Cowan reports.

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Watching on closed-circuit TV, heavyweight champ Sonny Liston quipped that if he fought Clay he might get locked up for murder. Throughout most of the bout, however, Ali was able to circle away from Frazier's dangerous left hook and to tie Frazier up when he was cornered, the latter a tactic that Frazier's camp complained of bitterly.

At the time, Spinks had only seven professional fights to his credit, and had recently fought a draw with journeyman Scott LeDoux. [75], In an interview published in 2002, Joe Frazier recalled that he had first met Ali around 1968. Then, beginning in the second round, and to the consternation of his corner, Ali retreated to the ropes and invited Foreman to hit him while covering up, clinching and counter-punching, all while verbally taunting Foreman.

"[31] The fight was close until the seventh round, when Ali bloodied Terrell and almost knocked him out. After two rounds of minor action, Johansson let loose a stunning right, his much-vaunted “Hammer of Thor,” which sent Patterson reeling and flat on his back. The company handled Ali's boxing promotions and pay-per-view closed-circuit television broadcasts; its stockholders were mainly fellow Nation of Islam members, such as Jabir Herbert Muhammad and the chief aide to Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, John Ali,[27] along with several others, including Bob Arum, who later founded Top Rank.

Ali was 25% faster than Robinson, even though Ali was 45–50 pounds heavier.

This was the dawning of an age when money was to be made, not from the live audience, but from TV.

On several occasions in the early rounds he played to the crowd and shook his head "no" after he was hit. Jackson started off well, but as the fight progressed he couldn’t defend himself. Patterson lost by technical knockout at the end of the 12th round, going into the fight with an optimistic view. Then there was Ali's rapid-fire jab—three to five jabs in succession rapidly fired at his opponents' eyes to create a blur in [the latter's] face so he wouldn't be able to see [Ali's] right hand coming behind it. [99] However, subsequently Frazier commented that Ali should apologize directly to him instead of apologizing through a newspaper. [54] The Nevada Athletic Commission (NAC) ordered that he undergo a complete physical in Las Vegas before being allowed to fight again. He also occasionally shuffled his feet back and forth quickly, confusing his opponents before landing a blow, a move called the Ali shuffle.

His most-watched fights drew an estimated 1–2 billion viewers worldwide between 1974 and 1980, and were the world's most-watched live television broadcasts at the time.[110]. All your talkin', man.

[25] Patterson biographer W.K. [38] In the eleventh round, Angelo Dundee told the referee to stop the fight, making it the only time that Ali ever lost by stoppage. After initially considering retirement, Ali won a controversial decision against Norton in their second bout.

This was the first time Liston had ever been cut.

Orr was a frequent Trump target over his dealings with Christopher Steele. [9], In each of these fights, Clay vocally belittled his opponents and vaunted his abilities.

Actor Sylvester Stallone was at ringside and said that it was like watching an autopsy on a man who is still alive. "[11], ESPN columnist Ralph Wiley called Ali "The King of Trash Talk". However, when Lewis conveyed this request to Frazier, he was told not to share the phone number with Ali. Until Ali got "nasty" before their first fight, Frazier endorsed Ali's refusal to be drafted; Wolf recalls: "I remember [Frazier] telling me, 'If Baptists weren't allowed to fight, I wouldn't fight either'. [82][96], Commenting on Ali lighting the Olympic flame in 1996, Frazier stated that it would have been good if Ali had fallen into the cauldron after lighting the flame, and that he would have pushed Ali in himself if he had the chance to do so.

[80], On January 23, 1974, five days before their second fight, Ali and Frazier had a public altercation captured on television.

Despite this loss, Patterson was still a legitimate contender. Ali won both fights through technical knockouts. The next night he lay flat on his back after being put to sleep in the quarter-finals by Charley Williams of Buffalo. Reacting to this, Ali stated: "If you see Frazier, you tell him he's still a gorilla. Ali then faced a rematch with Liston scheduled for May 1965 in Lewiston, Maine.

Correspondent Jim Axelrod tees up a look at our presidents' fascination with golf, and why their love of the game is par for the course. "I'm sorry, Mr. President," Patterson said he told Kennedy. But final defeat by Muhammad Ali in a rematch for the North American Boxing Federation heavyweight title on September 20, 1972, convinced Patterson to retire at the age of 37. Look what's happened to him. Liston was an intimidating personality, a dominating fighter with a criminal past and ties to the mob. Clay had met Dundee in February 1957 during Clay's amateur career. Muhammad Ali is widely regarded by boxing commentators and historians as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time.

Patterson retired after he was stopped by Ali in the seventh round of a non-title match in 1972 at Madison Square Garden. Stratton also cites an interview by Howard Cosell in which Ali explained that rather than toying with Patterson, he refrained from knocking him out after it became apparent Patterson was injured.

"[41] He told the press, "I've done something new for this fight.

Ali called Patterson an “Uncle Tom” while Patterson said that a “Black Muslim” champion is a disgrace to the sport. Although Ali clearly had the better of Patterson, who appeared injured during the fight, the match lasted 12 rounds before being called on a technical knockout. [60], Ali had a highly unorthodox boxing style for a heavyweight, epitomized by his catchphrase "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee." Funny stuff!! Contrary to his later persona, Foreman was at the time a brooding and intimidating presence.

[82], According to Ali, Frazier's style of boxing made him a tougher opponent for him than Liston or Foreman because he was vulnerable to Frazier's in-close left hook. In the Cooper fight, Clay was floored by a left hook at the end of round four and was saved by the bell, going on to win in the predicted 5th round due to Cooper's severely cut eye. "[85], Immediately after Thrilla in Manilla, Ali summoned Frazier's son Marvis to his dressing room and apologized for the things he had said about Frazier. Jackson was dropped in the first round as the bell sounded; went down for a count of two in the second, though the knockdown timer continued to toll of six; and was floored again in the ninth for a count of four. During this time of inactivity, as opposition to the Vietnam War began to grow and Ali's stance gained sympathy, he spoke at colleges across the nation, criticizing the Vietnam War and advocating African-American pride and racial justice.

The first fight was stopped in the 12th round; and the second after the 7th round. Regardless of party or ideology, many presidents past and present share common ground – on the links. He was reported to jokingly say, "That computer was made in Alabama."[33]. Ali fought Terrell in Houston on February 6, 1967. He throws punches so easily that you don't realize how much they hurt you until it's too late. He made his professional start after returning from his successful trip to Helsinki.
Despite his accomplishment, he was so humiliated when he lost the title on a first-round knockout to Sonny Liston in 1962 that he left Comiskey Park in Chicago wearing dark glasses and a fake beard.


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