Muhammad Ali and Buster Mathis fought each other in a twelve-round boxing match at the Astrodome in Houston on November 17, 1971. Ali dominated the fight throughout and won easily on points. Ali knocked Mathis down twice in the eleventh round and twice again in the final round but refused to move in for a knockout out of compassion for Mathis. Ali had joked before the fight that "I'm going to do to Buster what the Indians did to Custer". One of the fight posters promoting the match said "Be there when the Mountain comes to Muhammad".[1][2][3][4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 241–2. ISBN 9780671688929.
  2. ↑ Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 192.
  3. ↑ "ALI BIG FAVORITE TO DEFEAT MATHIS". The New York Times. 17 November 1971. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  4. ↑ "GOT TO LOOK GOOD TO ALLAH". Sports Illustrated. 29 November 1971. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mathis Was Hit by a Buss and Then by Ali". The New York Times. 18 November 1971. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
  6. ↑ "Winner Didn't 'Have Heart to Hurt Him'". The New York Times. 18 November 1971. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.