Muhammad Ali treated him like a clown and warned him that he’d sweep the ring with his head. He was silent and waited for the ...

A dossier revealed the FBI targeted the boxing hero, including investigating rumors his matches against Leon Spinks were ...

Muhammad Ali would face Antonio Inoki, a Japanese wrestling star, in a match that sought to find the "toughest man in the ...

If you thought the era of the “freakshow fight” was over, think again. Mike Tyson, boxing’s most notorious heavyweight, has ...

Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over Sonny Liston and taunts him to get up during their title fight. Ali knocked ...

It’s August 2017 and the finest boxer of his generation, unbeaten in 49 paying fights in five weight classes, faces off against an opponent with no professional boxing experience but a big noise ...

Muhammad Ali (right) faced wrestler Antonio Inoki in Tokyo in 1976 Floyd Mayweather v Conor McGregor, Francis Ngannou v Tyson Fury and Nate Diaz v Jake Paul. Crossover boxing is commonplace in the ...

On 26 June of that year, Muhammad Ali, then a two-time world heavyweight boxing champion, stepped out to face Japanese wrestler Antonio Inoki in front of 14,500 fans at the Budokan arena in Tokyo.

Muhammad Ali ... man who helped him win at WrestleMania a decade prior. Ali had an official match against WWE Hall of Famer Antonio Inoki in 1976. The two fought as part of "The War of the ...

A legendary boxer will soon join the list of celebrity inductees into the World Wrestling Entertainment Hall of Fame, as the late Muhammad ... Antonio Inoki at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo ...

Muhammad Ali joins ... an intriguing battle. Ali's first physical involvement in wrestling happened on June 1, 1976. While preparing for his fight against Antonio Inoki, the boxer went to a ...

Muhammad Ali will be ... That wasn't Ali's lone foray into sports entertainment. In June 1976, Ali faced Japanese legend Antonio Inoki in the "War of the Worlds" exhibition match in Tokyo.