Boxer Ali is the strongest boxing king in the 1960s and 70s, and his appearance fee is also the highest person in the world in that era, but Ali's agent is Tonkin, known as the "vampire", so Ali's appearance fee for each game is very high, but the money he got after the game is not a lot, which makes Ali very unhappy in his heart, but there is no way to say. What if I don't have enough money to spend? Of course, I went out to find a part-time job.
Ali set his sights on Japan, because at that time Japan had just recovered its economy through the "strength of the mountain", and the masses were extremely obsessed with fighting events, so Ali thought that he could make a lot of money in Japan. So Ali went to the president of the Japan Wrestling Association and said to him: If anyone in your east can beat me, I will give him $1 million!
Not long after Ali released his harsh words, Antonio Inogi, the "father of Japanese mixed martial arts", found Ali and said that he could fight with him. Inoki was a wrestler in addition to being a mixed martial artist at the time, and Inoki was also instructed by the father of karate, Oyama Beida, and his combat ability was extremely strong.
At that time, a company was willing to pay $6 million to sponsor the mixed martial arts match, so the match was soon finalized and became a high-profile match in Japan, also known as the "Battle of the Century". But Inoki is mixed martial arts, Ali is boxing, how to fight? When the two sides discussed, Inoki said that he could fight how he wanted, as long as it was mixed martial arts, but Ali said: Mixed martial arts can be done, but it is forbidden to hold legs, prohibit head bumps, prohibit knees below the waist, prohibit kicking above the waist, prohibit hand knife slashing, prohibit locking skills, prohibit throwing skills, otherwise it will not be played.
On June 26, 1976, the much-anticipated "Battle of the Century" finally began, the game bell rang, inoki was dodged by a flying kick, immediately lying on the ground, as long as Ali leaned over and kicked his thigh, Ali could not do anything about Inoki. In this way, the two people spent the seventh round, Ali only hit Inoki for the first time, until the end of the 15th round, Inoki led by 3 points, but because of the elbow foul was deducted points, the two people ended in a draw.
At this time, the audience at the scene was angry, and they threw the garbage in their hands into the ring, loudly complaining about the "battle of the century", thinking that the two people were acting, but in the post-game examination, Ali's left leg was bleeding and infected, and the instep of Inogi's foot was also fractured... But this kind of game that treats the audience as fools really does not deserve to be called the "Battle of the Century", which is a farce full of copper smell, which is also the biggest black history in the careers of two excellent players.