World Heavyweight Championship Ellis, Jimmy vs. Waga, Leweni Pritchett, Johnny vs. Kramer, Johnny Tibbs, Jimmy vs. Calderwood, Tom
"I'll tell Henry Cooper, he's watching this show, to come to the fight and be ready to fight because I'm coming to get you. I'm coming to London to get you. And after I'm through beating him, I think he'll have to join The Beatles and be a singer. I'm coming to get you, Henry. I don't like the way you knocked me down the last time. No man knocks me down and gets away with it, so you be ready for it, you hear? Be ready because I'm coming to get you. Now you go home and tell him that. I'm not joking." - Ali on British TV Boxing in international venues because of continuing legal and sanctioning difficulties in the States, Ali faced the Commonwealth titlist Cooper for the second time in their illustrious careers. "The Greatest" proved his worth once more, as a bad cut suffered by the British challenger ended the bout in the 6th. In one 10-round affair on the undercard, the Louisville slugger and Ali traveling partner Jimmy Ellis quickly defeated the powerful Fijian Waga, knocking the South Pacific islander out in the 1st, while in another, the super middleweight Pritchett, unbeaten in 20 previous appearances, took down Kramer in the 8th on a TKO. In shorter match of only 8 rounds, West Ham's own Tibbs won his 5th over Calderwood when the Scotsman did not return to the ring after the 2nd, despite going down twice himself in the 1st. YouTube link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eOSZHvgJtcU |