Super Cool Muhammad Ali Tribute
MemorabiliaULuv gives you a chance to stay in touch with those cherished memories of the past by offering you this great Muhammad Ali Greatest Fights; The Rumble In The Jungle, and The Thrilla In Manila.
This carefully reproduced collection features the flamboyant Muhammad Ali action shots from;
· The Rumble in the Jungle; In one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, Ali regained his title on October 30, 1974 by defeating champion George Foreman in their bout in Kinshasa, Zaire. Hyped as "The Rumble In The Jungle. Almost no one, not even Ali's long-time supporter Howard Cosell, gave the former champion a chance of winning. Analysts pointed out that Joe Frazier and Ken Norton had given Ali four tough battles in the ring and won two of them, while Foreman had knocked out both of them in the second round.
· The Thrilla in Manila, On October 1, 1975, Ali fought Joe Frazier for the third time. The bout was promoted as the Thrilla in Manila by Don King, who had ascended to prominence following the Ali-Foreman fight. The anticipation was enormous for this final clash between two great heavyweights. Ali believed Frazier was "over the hill" by that point. Ali's frequent insults, slurs and demeaning poems increased the anticipation and excitement for the fight, but also enraged a determined Frazier
· along with copies of promotional posters
· and carefully reproduced signatures of Muhammad Ali, Smoking Joe Frazier, and George Foreman.
· Picture is actual not mounted item.
This piece is in Mint condition; you are bidding on #169 of 250 professionally produced on 260g Kodak paper
Float like a butterfly – sting like a bee; the Greatest of All Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. is a retired American boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. As a professional, he was the youngest boxer ever to take the heavyweight title from a reigning champ (a record that stood until 1986), and later became the first to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times.
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