Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell
| Date | February 6, 1967 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Astrodome, Houston, Texas, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA/WBC/The Ring/Lineal Heavyweight Championships | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ali defeated Terrell by 15th round Unanimous Decision. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrell was a professional boxing match contested on February 6, 1967, for the WBA & WBC Heavyweight Championship. The fight went 15 rounds, with Ali winning through a unanimous decision.[1]
Background
Before the fight, Terrell taunted Ali by referring to him by his former name "Cassius Clay". During a pre-fight interview in ABC studios, a physical altercation ensued between the two due to Terrell's taunts — in which Ali referred to Terrell as "Uncle Tom".[2]
The fight
Ali taunted Terrell during the bout and beat him savagely but refused to move in for the knockout. Throughout the fight, Ali asked Terrell "What's my name?"[3].Two of the Judges scored the bout 148-137 and the other had it 148-133 all in favor of Ali.
Aftermath
This performance was seen as vicious and made Ali unpopular with many boxing fans.[4][5][6][7]
Undercard
Confirmed bouts:[8]
Broadcast
The fight was broadcast live through paid closed-circuit television at select venues/theaters across the United States. The fight also had a live pay-per-view home television broadcast in Hartford.[9]
References
- ^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "The Myth Of "What's My Name:" RIP, ERNIE TERRELL - The Sweet Science". tss.ib.tv. Retrieved 2018-08-21.
- ^ Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. 2003. p. 150.
{{cite book}}: Cite uses deprecated parameter|authors=(help) - ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 161–6.
- ^ "The left that was". Sports Illustrated. 6 February 1967. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Ernie Terrell, Heavyweight Champion, Dies at 75; Lost Grudge Match to Ali". New York Times. 18 December 2014. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "CRUEL ALI WITH ALL THE SKILLS". Sports Illustrated. 13 February 1967. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
- ^ Ezra, Michael (2013). The Economic Civil Rights Movement: African Americans and the Struggle for Economic Power. Routledge. p. 115. ISBN 9781136274756.
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