Muhammad Ali fought in the ring for the last time in a fight billed as ‘The
Drama in the Bahamas’. It was against 27- year old Trevor Berbick and
Ali lost the match with a unanimous 10 round decision. It was after this
loss that Ali announced his retirement and finished a career with a 56
and 5 record, 37 of those wins were by knockout.
Muhammad Ali (left) and Trevor Berbick who has just landed a right
to Ali’s head.
Jonathan Vincent "Jon" Voight
Voight has won one Academy Award, out of four nominations, and three
Golden Globe Awards, out of nine nominations. He came to prominence
in 1969 with his performance in Midnight Cowboy and became a star in
1972 with his part in Deliverance. Voight one an Academy Award for Best
Actor for his with role as a paraplegic Vietnam veteran in Coming Home
(1978). He is the father of actress Angelina Jolie and actor James Haven
Jon Voight as President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Pearl Harbor (2001)
Sandy Kozel
Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton during their 1973 fight in San Diego, the first
of their three bouts against one another. Ali would wind up losing a 12-round
decision after Norton broke his jaw early in the fight.
Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013)
LAS VEGAS (AP) – Former heavyweight champion Ken Norton, who beat
Muhammad Ali and then lost a controversial decision to him in Yankee Stadium,
has died.
His son says he passed away Wednesday at a local care facility. He was 70.
Norton had been in poor health for the last several years after suffering a series
of strokes, a friend of his said.
Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013)
(AP) – Emile Griffith, the elegant world champion whose career was
overshadowed by the fatal beating he gave Bennie Paret in a 1962
title bout that darkened all of boxing, died Tuesday.
He died at an extended care facility in Hempstead, N.Y, according
to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Griffith struggled with pugilistic dementia and required full-time care
late in life. He was the very first boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands to
become world champion and was inducted into the Hall of Fame in
1990.
