Thursday, February 14, 2013

Boxing Legend Muhammad Ali's Last Part


Muhammad Ali, known as The Greatest, is regarded as one of sport's true legends.In 1960, Ali won U.S. Olympic boxing team. Ali was an imposing figure in the ring. He was known for his footwork, and for possessing a powerful jab. After winning his first three bouts, Ali then win the gold medal from Poland.
Ali was become as an American hero, after his Olympic victory. He soon turned professional with the backing of the Louisville Sponsoring Group. During the 1960 Ali seemed unstoppable, winning all of his bouts with majority of them being by knockouts. He took out British heavyweight champion Henry Cooper in 1963 and then knocked out Sonny Liston in 1964 to become the heavyweight champion of the world.
In 1964 Clay, now having changed his name to Muhammad Ali following his Islam conversion, and Liston met up for their rematch in May the following year. Midway through the first round, Liston was knocked down by one of Ali's punches. Referee stopped the match shortly afterwards and Ali was declared the winner around 1:52 of the first round. Rumors speculated that Liston dropped to the ground purposely due to threats from NOI extremists, or "threw" the fight to pay off debts, waiting to be counted out.
The film Freedom Road was made in 1978, featuring Muhammad Ali, in a rare acting role, playing Gideon Jackson, an ex-slave in 1870's Virginia who gets elected to the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. and battles other former slaves and white sharecroppers to keep the land they tended all their lives. Also starring Kris Kristofferson, Ron O'Neal, Edward Herrmann, John McLiam, Ossie Davis, Barbarao, and Sonny Jim Gaines
For contributions to the entertainment industry, Ali was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. Ali recorded the song "Stand by Me" in 1964.

The Muhammad Ali Effect is a term used in psychology that was named after him when he stated, "I only said I was the greatest, not the smartest" in his autobiography The Greatest: My Own Story.According to this effect, when people are asked to rate their intelligence and moral behavior in comparison to others, people will rate themselves as more moral, but not more intelligent than others.


  Muhammad Ali’s Professional boxing Records Summary 
Year
Date
Opponent
Location
Res./Rd.
Title
1960
Oct. 29
Tunney Hunsaker
Louisville, KY
W/6
---

Dec. 27
Herbert Siler
Miami
KO/4
---
1961
Jan. 17
Anthony Sperti
Miami
TKO/3
---

Feb. 7
Jimmy Robinson
Miami
TKO/1
---

Feb. 21
Donnie Fleeman
Miami
TKO/7
---

Apr. 19
Lamar Clark
Louisville
KO/2
---

Jun. 26
Duke Sabwedong
Las Vegas
W/10
---

Jul. 22
Alonzo Johnson
Louisville
W/10
---

Oct. 7
Alex Miteff
Louisville
TKO/6
---

Nov. 29
Willi Besmanoff
Louisville
TKO/7
---
1962
Feb. 10
Lucian Banks
New York
TKO/4
---

Feb. 28
Jack Wagner
Miami
TKO/4
---

Apr. 23
George Logan
Miami
TKO/4
---

May 19
Billy Daniels
New York
TKO/7
---

Jul. 20
Alejandro Lavorante
Los Angeles
KO/5
---

Nov. 15
Archie Moore
Los Angeles
TKO/4
---
1963
Jan. 24
Charles Powell
Pittsburgh
KO/3
---







Jun. 18
Henry Cooper
London
TKO/5
---
1964





1965
May 25
Sonny Liston
Lewiston, ME
KO/1
Ret-World-H

Nov. 22
Floyd Patterson
Las Vegas
TKO/12
Ret-World-H
1966
Mar. 29
George Chuvalo
Toronto
W/15
Ret-World-H

May 21
Henry Cooper
London
TKO/6
Ret-World-H

Aug. 6
Brian London
London
TKO/3
Ret-World-H

Sep. 10
Karl Mildenberger
Frankfurt, Germany
TKO/12
Ret-World-H

Nov. 14
Cleveland Williams
Houston
TKO/3
Ret-World-H
1967
Feb. 6
Ernie Terrell
New York
W/15
Ret-World-H

Mar. 22
Zora Folley
New York
TKO/7
Ret-World-H
1970
Oct. 26
Jerry Quarry
Atlanta
TKO/3
---

Dec. 7
Oscar Bonavena
New York
TKO/15
---
1971
Mar. 8
Joe Frazier
New York
L/15
For-World-H

Jul. 26
Jimmy Ellis
Houston
TKO/12
Won-NABF-H

Nov. 17
Buster Mathis
Houston
W/12
Ret-NABF-H

Dec. 26
Jurgen Blin
Zurich, Switzerland
KO/7
---
1972
Apr. 1
McArthur Foster
Tokyo
W/15
---

May. 1
George Chuvalo
Vancouver, B.C.
W/12
Ret-NABF-H

Jun. 27
Jerry Quarry
Las Vegas
TKO/7
Ret-NABF-H

Jul 19
Alvin Lewis
Dublin
TKO/11
---

Sep. 20
Floyd Patterson
New York
TKO/7
Ret-NABF-H

Nov. 21
Bob Foster
Stateline, NV
KO/8
Ret-NABF-H
1973
Feb. 14
Joe Bugner
Las Vegas
W/12
---

Mar. 31
Ken Norton
San Diego
L/12
Lost-NABF-H

Sep. 10
Ken Norton
Inglewood, CA
W/12
Reg-NABF-H

Oct. 20
Rudy Lubbers
Jakarta, Indonesia
W/12
---
1974
Jan.28
Joe Frazier
New York
W/12
Ret-NABF-H

Oct. 30
George Foreman
Kinshasa, Zaire
KO/8
Reg-World-H
1975
Mar. 24
Chuck Wepner
Cleveland
TKO/15
Ret-World-H

May 16
Ron Lyle
Las Vegas
TKO/11
Ret-World-H

Jul. 1
Joe Bugner
Kuala Lampur, Malaysia
W/15
Ret-World-H

Oct. 1
Joe Frazier
Quezon, Phillippines
TKO/14
Ret-World-H
1976
Feb. 20
Jean Coopman
San Juan, P.R.
KO/5
Ret-World-H

Apr. 30
Jimmy Young
Landover, MD
W/15
Ret-World-H

May 24
Richard Dunn
Munich, Germany
TKO/5
Ret-World-H

Sep. 28
Ken Norton
New York
W/15
Ret-World-H
1977
May 16
Alfredo Evangelista
Landover
W/15
Ret-World-H

Sep. 29
Ernie Shavers
New York
W/15
Ret-World-H
1978
Feb. 15
Leon Spinks
Las Vegas
L/15
Lost-World-H

Sep. 15
Leon Spinks
New Orleans
W/15
Reg-World (WBA)-H
1980
Oct. 2
Larry Holmes
Las Vegas
TKO'd/11
For-World (WBC)-H
1981
Dec. 11
Trevor Berbick
Nassau, Bahamas
L/12
---
 Recorded by: Wednesday, November 19, 2003,Muhammad Ali's ring record

Short Summary Of Muhammad Ali’s Fight Record
Total Match
Won
Draw
Bouts
KO
W
WF
D
KO’d L
LF
61
56
0
37
19
0
0
1
4
0


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