Muhammad Ali vs. Mac Foster
| Date | April 1, 1972 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Ali won via 15 round UD | |||||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Ali and Mac Foster fought each other in a fifteen-round boxing match on April 1, 1972. Held in Tokyo, it was one of the first major heavyweight boxing matches to be held in Asia. Ali won the fight on points through a unanimous decision.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
References
- ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 242.
- ^ Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 192.
- ^ "Ali and Foster in Tokyo Bout to Be Shown Tonight". The New York Times. 31 March 1972. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Muhammad Ali unanimous winner in Japanese fight". The Dispatch. 1 April 1972. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Foster earns Ali's respect". The Free-Lance Star. 1 April 1972. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Joe Ryan (2013). Heavyweight Boxing in the 1970s: The Great Fighters and Rivalries. McFarland & Company. pp. 97–8.
- ^ "Not only Foster got stung". Sports Illustrated. 10 April 1972. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
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