Ali - The Greatest Of All Time 1942 - 2016

June 6, 1976 - Toyko, Japan - Preview of Ali's fight with Japanese Wrestler Inoki: During the Luncheon given Ali and Japanese Wrestler Inoki at the foreign correspondents club in Tokyo, the two opponents took off their shirts and staged a mock battle. The two will face each other in a boxer versus wrestler about in Tokyo on June 26. Ali says he will knock out Inoki whom he calls the pelican because of his prominent Jaw, but the Japanese Wrestler says nothing and just smiles. Ali will receive a $ million for the bout, and Inoki a million. MUHAMMAD ALI (born: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.), 34, vs. ANTONIO INOKI, 33. Fight Fiasco: The much publicized American boxer versus Japanese professional wrestler match between Ali and Inoki at the Budokan Hall in Ali had come off a knockout victory over R. Dunn in May and was the reigning WBC/WBA Heavyweight Champion. Inoki, who had been taught the art of catch wrestling by legendary wrestler K. Gotch, was staging exhibition fights against champions of various martial arts, in an attempt to show that pro wrestling was the dominant fighting discipline

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