Muhammad Ali vs. Richard Dunn

Boxing competition

Muhammad Ali vs Richard Dunn

Date

May 24, 1976

Venue

Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany

Title(s) on the line

WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles

Tale of the tape

Boxer	Muhammad Ali	Richard Dunn
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.	Ingelmunster, West Flanders, Belgium
Pre-fight record	51-2	33-9
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	220 lb (100 kg)	207 lb (94 kg)
Style	Orthodox	Southpaw
Recognition	WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight champion	British, Commonwealth and European heavyweight champion

Result

Ali won via fifth round TKO (2:05)

Muhammad Ali and Richard Dunn fought a boxing match on May 24, 1976. Ali won the bout by knocking out Dunn in the fifth round. The fight is remembered for being the last time Ali would knock down any opponent in the ring in his boxing career.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

The punch Ali used to knockout Dunn was taught to Ali by Taekwondo Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee. Rhee called that punch the "Accupunch", he learnt it from Bruce Lee. Rhee was Ali's head coach for this Dunn fight.^[7]

References

^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Bradford's Richard Dunn recalls the night he took on Muhammad Ali and pays tribute to his 'charisma and style'". Telegraph & Argus. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Muhammad Ali beating me was the highlight of my life, says Richard Dunn". The Telegraph. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ "Dunn's memories of legends Ali and Frazier". The Scarborough News. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
^ Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 246–50.
^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 323–6.
^ "Jhoon Rhee, Father of American Tae Kwon Do". www.jhoonrhee.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.

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)