Muhammad Ali vs. Jimmy Ellis

Boxing competition

Date

July 26, 1971

Venue

Astrodome
Houston

Title(s) on the line

NABF heavyweight title

Tale of the tape

Boxer	Muhammad Ali	Jimmy Ellis
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky	Louisville, Kentucky
Pre-fight record	31-1	30-6
Height	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg)	189 lb (86 kg)
Recognition	Former undisputed heavyweight champion	Former WBA heavyweight champion

Result

Ali won via 12th round TKO (2:10)

Muhammad Ali and Jimmy Ellis fought each other in a boxing match at the Astrodome in Houston on July 26, 1971. Ali won the bout through a technical knockout when the referee stopped the fight in the twelfth round. This was Ali's first boxing match after Fight of the Century,^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5] 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.^[6]

References

^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 240–1.
^ Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 190–2.
^ "He Has Heavy Things On His Mind". Sports Illustrated. 26 July 1971. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "END OF A BEAUTIFUL FRIENDSHIP". Sports Illustrated. 2 August 1971. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ "Victor, at 220½, in Command of Houston Bout". The New York Times. 27 July 1971. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
^ O'Reilly, Terry (August 30, 2018). "Achilles Heel Advertising: Repositioning the Competition". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved March 27, 2016.

Muhammad Ali

Fights

Media

Docu films and series	Whicker's World (1967 episode) a.k.a. Cassius Clay (1970) Facing Ali (2009) When Ali Came to Ireland (2012) The Trials of Muhammad Ali (2013) I Am Ali (2014) Icons: The Greatest Person of the 20th Century (2019 episode) What's My Name: Muhammad Ali (2019) Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali (2021) Muhammad Ali (2021 series)