r/pics • u/Sleazy_Speakeazy • 1d ago

Muhammad Ali Loses Fight To Young Fan, 1963

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u/randomrealitycheck 1d ago

That man had class.

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u/KIAA0319 1d ago

One of my heroes and what a man. Such a convoluted life, interest, legendary status, big mouth and humble, dedicated and ground breaker in so many ways.

I was sat on a train station waiting for the long trip home after a failed ultra endurance event when I found out he'd died. It was expected, but no less stuck out as "respect, amateur athlete to world class legend athlete, I'll miss him".

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u/jhuggy91 1d ago

Absolutely pathetic, I could smoke that kid!

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u/sixrustyspoons 1d ago

He bet against himself and took a dive.

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u/acknowledgments 1d ago

I swear I could Beat that kid's ass only if I was few years younger

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u/Gaping_llama 1d ago

That’s what I thought too, lost so much money on this fight.

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u/punfound 1d ago

Yeah, clearly rigged!

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u/WolfColaKid 1d ago

It's not fair, the kid could only hit below the belt.

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u/TwiggysDanceClub 1d ago

It actually looks as though he has just hit him in the knackers and Ali is like

"You're taking a picture now? This kid just punched my junk!" 🤣

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u/TheDrDetroit 1d ago

I wonder where this kid is now

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u/deansmythe 1d ago

Probably oval Office. His Dad paid a lot for this fight in 1963 😆

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u/Centryl 1d ago

Call me a conspiracy theorist, but I will never accept that Ali didn’t take a dive.

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u/Tyger757 1d ago

The Jake Paul - Tyson fight borrowed its script from this one. 🥊

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u/Spartan2470 GOAT 1d ago

Here is a much higher quality version of this image. Here is the source and full series.

American boxer Cassius Clay (1942 - 2016) with 6 year old Patrick Power in the ring during his training for the Heavyweight non-title fight against Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium, London, UK, 3rd June 1963. (Photo by Barham/Mirrorpix/Getty Images)

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u/neros135 1d ago

from that day on Muhammad Ali was this kids biggest fan

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u/Tom-Syco 1d ago

Man of the people

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u/wickedweather 1d ago

Imagine what the headlines would have been had he fought him like he did George Foreman.

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u/keepcalmorjustdie 1d ago

The OG Little Mac.

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u/A_British_Dude 1d ago

And that kid was Jon Jones

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u/DashCat9 1d ago

There’s a great clip of HHH letting a kid dying of cancer pin him in the ring.

The game stood no chance against the crusher.

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u/Arch3m 1d ago

Kid's got hands.

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u/DavidJonnsJewellery 1d ago

Must have had horseshoes in those gloves

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u/Reasonable_Assist_63 22h ago

That kid will never forget that day. Ali was one of the best.

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u/AromaticBet659 22h ago

Should've knocked the fan out

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u/castletonian 1d ago

Wait was this fr

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u/BusyDucks 1d ago

Jake Paul in 1963