| Date | July 26, 1971 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Astrodome, Houston, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | NABF heavyweight title | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ali won via 12th round TKO (2:10) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Ellis , billed as The Inevitable Fight, was a professional boxing match contested on July 26, 1971, for the NABF heavyweight championship. [1]
This was Ali's first boxing match after Fight of the Century, [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] and had originally been scheduled as a bout between Wilt Chamberlain, who had challenged him, then trained for the bout with Cus D'Amato, but later withdrew from the fight. [7]
Ali won the bout through a technical knockout when the referee stopped the fight in the twelfth round.
Confirmed bouts: [8]
| Country | Broadcaster |
|---|---|
 Philippines | ABS-CBN |
 United Kingdom | BBC |
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