Muhammed Ali - Injuries

[bozza]

Hey guys,

I've got a uni project on boxing and Muhammad Ali. I have been trying to find out if Muhammed Ali suffered any major injuries/concussions in his fighting career. If someone could point me in the right direction it would be really appreciated.

Thanks,
Boz

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Henry Cooper gave him a good slap and nearly knocked him out early in his career...

Ali never was lights out in that fight though.

Ali fought some of the most ferocious and heavy hitting fighters of all time though.... plus... he fought a lot of fights over a long time.

[bozza]

Thanks Mickeyb. I'll look into Henry Cooper's fight.

I seem to find quiet a bit on fights that were delayed due to his opponenet being injured, but not much about Ali's injuries. Were there any other injuries that you guys can think of or remember?

[Shanus]

Ken Norton broke his jaw, that's the only one I can think of minus the Parkinsons.

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not personally, but i'm not a big Ali person myself. Theres a few in the Boxing History lounge who will definately enjoy and be able to help you out.

Also on your other thread about Ali's routines - go and ask in the the training section of the forum.

[bozza]

thanks for your help guys! I've posted in the other forum too, so will wait and see.

[LondonRingRules]

Hey guys,

I've got a uni project on boxing and Muhammad Ali. Boz

** Ali was definitely concussed by Cooper.

Then the Liston rematch was postponed due to him developing a hernia which required surgery.

Then he was concussed by Joe Frazier which made the right side of his face looklike he was growing a melon.

Norton broke his jaw in two places in their first fight. There are X-rays of the breaks floating around cyberspace. He pretty much was gunshy of Norton thereafter though they fought twice more.

He fainted in the ring at the end of Foreman and Frazier 3, both incredibly brutal fights for him.

Bob Foster opened up a facial cut, the only cut of Ali's career that I know of.

Leon Spinks knocked down his legend a few notches which was probably the biggest hurt. He was having major physiological problems at this point as documented by his doc, Ferdie Percheco who quit his camp after the Shavers fight as I recall.

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** Ali was definitely concussed by Cooper.

Then the Liston rematch was postponed due to him developing a hernia which required surgery.

Then he was concussed by Joe Frazier which made the right side of his face looklike he was growing a melon.

Norton broke his jaw in two places in their first fight. There are X-rays of the breaks floating around cyberspace. He pretty much was gunshy of Norton thereafter though they fought twice more.

He fainted in the ring at the end of Foreman and Frazier 3, both incredibly brutal fights for him.

Bob Foster opened up a facial cut, the only cut of Ali's career that I know of.

Leon Spinks knocked down his legend a few notches which was probably the biggest hurt. He was having major physiological problems at this point as documented by his doc, Ferdie Percheco who quit his camp after the Shavers fight as I recall.

See... i knew someone would be able to tell ya!

Make sure you give us some insights from your report. Could be interesting reading for us folks.

[mrhicks]

his biggest injury ..was his enlarged heart that allowed him to keep on far too long and damage his brain...

man shoulda been the entertainer of the 20th centry ..**** elvis

[bozza]

Thanks LondonRingRules! I'll go and look those fights up.

Make sure you give us some insights from your report. Could be interesting reading for us folks.

Will do once I finish (which is going to take some dam long time).

Again a big thank you to everyone who's posted.