Nakon boksa


Kroz sve svoje godine boksačke karijere Ali se osim neporecivim iznimnim boksačkim talentom isticao i brojnim kontroverznim izjava i ponašanjem. Prelaz na Islam, vješto korištenje medijske pozornosti, specifičan način verbalnog i neverbalnog provociranja protivnika prije, za vrijeme i nakon borbe čine Alija svakako najprepoznatljivijom ikonom boksa. Smatra se da je Ali prva i najveća medijska sportska zvijezda 20. stoljeća.

Što se samog boksa tiče, iako je njegova vještina i snaga bila neupitna, poneku mrlju na karijeru bacile su sumnjive borbe s Listonom, te nekoliko sumnjivih sudačkih odluka u režiji moćnog promotora Don Kinga. Ipak, ne mali broj stručnjaka će se složiti da je Ali možda i najbolji boksač svih vremena, što je on sam za sebe često neskromno isticao u svakoj prilici.

Nažalost, Ali je vrlo brzo nakon prestanka karijere obolio od Parkinsonove bolesti, koja je zadnjih godina uvelike oštetila njegov živčani sustav. Nije poznato koliko je dugogodišnje bavljenje boksom i veliki broj primljenih udaraca pomoglo razvoju bolesti.

Sve borbe
Godina Datum Protivnik Mjesto Rez./Runda Naslov
1960 Oct. 29 Tunney Hunsaker Louisville, KY W/6 ---

Dec. 27 Herbert Siler Miami KO/4 ---
1961 Jan. 17 Anthony Sperti Miami TKO/3 ---

Feb. 7 Jimmy Robinson Miami TKO/1 ---

Feb. 21 Donnie Fleeman Miami TKO/7 ---

Apr. 19 Lamar Clark Louisville KO/2 ---

Jun. 26 Duke Sabwedong Las Vegas W/10 ---

Jul. 22 Alonzo Johnson Louisville W/10 ---

Oct. 7 Alex Miteff Louisville TKO/6 ---

Nov. 29 Willi Besmanoff Louisville TKO/7 ---
1962 Feb. 10 Lucian Banks New York TKO/4 ---

Feb. 28 Jack Wagner Miami TKO/4 ---

Apr. 23 George Logan Miami TKO/4 ---

May 19 Billy Daniels New York TKO/7 ---

Jul. 20 Alejandro Lavorante Los Angeles KO/5 ---

Nov. 15 Archie Moore Los Angeles TKO/4 ---
1963 Jan. 24 Charles Powell Pittsburgh KO/3 ---

Mar. 13 Doug Jones New York W/10 ---

Jun. 18 Henry Cooper London TKO/5 ---
1964 Feb. 25 Sonny Liston Miami TKO/7 Won-World-H
1965 May 25 Sonny Liston Lewiston, ME KO/1 Ret-World-H

Nov. 22 Floyd Patterson Las Vegas TKO/12 Ret-World-H
1966 Mar. 29 George Chuvalo Toronto W/15 Ret-World-H

May 21 Henry Cooper London TKO/6 Ret-World-H

Aug. 6 Brian London London TKO/3 Ret-World-H

Sep. 10 Karl Mildenberger Frankfurt, Germany TKO/12 Ret-World-H

Nov. 14 Cleveland Williams Houston TKO/3 Ret-World-H
1967 Feb. 6 Ernie Terrell New York W/15 Ret-World-H

Mar. 22 Zora Folley New York TKO/7 Ret-World-H
1970 Oct. 26 Jerry Quarry Atlanta TKO/3 ---

Dec. 7 Oscar Bonavena New York TKO/15 ---
1971 Mar. 8 Joe Frazier New York L/15 For-World-H

Jul. 26 Jimmy Ellis Houston TKO/12 Won-NABF-H

Nov. 17 Buster Mathis Houston W/12 Ret-NABF-H

Dec. 26 Jurgen Blin Zurich, Switzerland KO/7 ---
1972 Apr. 1 McArthur Foster Tokyo W/15 ---

May. 1 George Chuvalo Vancouver, B.C. W/12 Ret-NABF-H

Jun. 27 Jerry Quarry Las Vegas TKO/7 Ret-NABF-H

Jul 19 Alvin Lewis Dublin TKO/11 ---

Sep. 20 Floyd Patterson New York TKO/7 Ret-NABF-H

Nov. 21 Bob Foster Stateline, NV KO/8 Ret-NABF-H
1973 Feb. 14 Joe Bugner Las Vegas W/12 ---

Mar. 31 Ken Norton San Diego L/12 Lost-NABF-H

Sep. 10 Ken Norton Inglewood, CA W/12 Reg-NABF-H

Oct. 20 Rudy Lubbers Jakarta, Indonesia W/12 ---
1974 Jan.28 Joe Frazier New York W/12 Ret-NABF-H

Oct. 30 George Foreman Kinshasa, Zaire KO/8 Reg-World-H
1975 Mar. 24 Chuck Wepner Cleveland TKO/15 Ret-World-H

May 16 Ron Lyle Las Vegas TKO/11 Ret-World-H

Jul. 1 Joe Bugner Kuala Lampur, Malaysia W/15 Ret-World-H

Oct. 1 Joe Frazier Quezon, Phillippines TKO/14 Ret-World-H
1976 Feb. 20 Jean Coopman San Juan, P.R. KO/5 Ret-World-H

Apr. 30 Jimmy Young Landover, MD W/15 Ret-World-H

May 24 Richard Dunn Munich, Germany TKO/5 Ret-World-H

Sep. 28 Ken Norton New York W/15 Ret-World-H
1977 May 16 Alfredo Evangelista Landover W/15 Ret-World-H

Sep. 29 Ernie Shavers New York W/15 Ret-World-H
1978 Feb. 15 Leon Spinks Las Vegas L/15 Lost-World-H

Sep. 15 Leon Spinks New Orleans W/15 Reg-World (WBA)-H
1980 Oct. 2 Larry Holmes Las Vegas TKO'd/11 For-World (WBC)-H
1981 Dec. 11 Trevor Berbick Nassau, Bahamas L/10 ---

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