Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki

by Pheasant Run Gallery

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Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki

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Pheasant Run Gallery

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Digital Art - Digital Art

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Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, billed as The War of the Worlds, was a fight between American professional boxer Muhammad Ali and Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki (now Muhammad Hussain 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 and was the reigning WBC/WBA heavyweight boxing champion. Inoki, who had been taught the art of catch wrestling by legendary wrestler Karl 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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May 18th, 2021

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