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Date: 1971-07-26
Location: Astrodome, Houston, Texas, USA
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, 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.
Ali was guaranteed $450,000 against an option of 45% of all income, and Ellis was guaranteed 20% of all income.
The fight was shown on closed-circuit television in about 200 locations in the United States and Canada, and it was beamed via satellite to 34 other countries.
Attendance in the Astrodome was 31,947.
Angelo Dundee worked with Ellis for the fight. He was Ali's trainer, but he was Ellis' trainer and manager. Working with Ellis meant a bigger share of the purse for Dundee. Ali understood completely and got Harry Wiley, who had worked with Henry Armstrong and Sugar Ray Robinson, to be his trainer for the Ellis fight.
Ali and Ellis fought for the vacant NABF heavyweight title, which had been relinquished by George Foreman.
Ali was a 7 to 2 favorite.
Assistant trainer Drew (Bundini) Brown forgot to pack Ali's trunks, and the former champ was forced to wear a pair of all white trunks that were too big.
It was a fairly even fight for the first three rounds, but Ali took control after hurting Ellis with a right hand in the fourth round. Ellis said the right hand "hurt me so bad I couldn't really fight my best after that."
The referee stopped the fight at 2:10 of the 12th round with Ellis on his feet taking punishment. There were no knockdowns in the fight.
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