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THE MUCH PUBLICIZED DOLLARS 10-MILLION CONTEST FOR THE MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPIONSHIP BTWEEN WORLD HEAVIWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION MUHAMMAD ALI AND JAPAN S PRO WRESTLING CHAMPION ANTONIO INOKI AT THE NIPPON BUDOKAN HALL IN TOKIO ON JUNE 26 TUREND OUT THE WORST BOUT OF THE CENTURY. SEREVAL OF THE ESTIMATED 13,000 FANS SHOWED THEIR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AS THE 15 ROUNDS BOUT ENDED IN A DRAW. DURING THE HOUR LONG BOUT,INOKI WAS LYING ON HIS BACK ON THE MAT WHILE ALI WAS CONSTANTLY CIRCLING,DANCING AWAY AND MAKING FACES AT THE JAPANESE WRESTLER.THERE WERE ONLY THREE TIMSE WHEN THE TWO ACTUALLY GRAPPLED WITH EACH OTHER. ALI MANAGED TO LAND A FEW JABS THROUGHOUT THE FIGHT,WHILE INOKI CONCENTRATED ON MAKING FLYING KICKS ON ALI S FOOT. PHOTO SHOWS ALI MAKING FACES AT THE JAPANESE WRESTLER IN THE 12 ROUNDS OF THEIR BOUT. .HPT WST BELGA x85193318stx

THE MUCH PUBLICIZED DOLLARS 10-MILLION CONTEST FOR THE MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPIONSHIP BTWEEN WORLD HEAVIWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION MUHAMMAD ALI AND JAPAN S PRO WRESTLING CHAMPION ANTONIO INOKI AT THE NIPPON BUDOKAN HALL IN TOKIO ON JUNE 26 TUREND OUT THE WORST BOUT OF THE CENTURY. SEREVAL OF THE ESTIMATED 13,000 FANS SHOWED THEIR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AS THE 15 ROUNDS BOUT ENDED IN A DRAW. DURING THE HOUR LONG BOUT,INOKI WAS LYING ON HIS BACK ON THE MAT WHILE ALI WAS CONSTANTLY CIRCLING,DANCING AWAY AND MAKING FACES AT THE JAPANESE WRESTLER.THERE WERE ONLY THREE TIMSE WHEN THE TWO ACTUALLY GRAPPLED WITH EACH OTHER. ALI MANAGED TO LAND A FEW JABS THROUGHOUT THE FIGHT,WHILE INOKI CONCENTRATED ON MAKING FLYING KICKS ON ALI S FOOT. PHOTO SHOWS ALI MAKING FACES AT THE JAPANESE WRESTLER IN THE 12 ROUNDS OF THEIR BOUT. .HPT WST BELGA x85193318stx

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Recording Date: Jul 14, 1999

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THE MUCH PUBLICIZED DOLLARS 10-MILLION CONTEST FOR THE MARTIAL ARTS CHAMPIONSHIP BTWEEN WORLD HEAVIWEIGHT BOXING CHAMPION MUHAMMAD ALI AND JAPAN S PRO WRESTLING CHAMPION ANTONIO INOKI AT THE NIPPON BUDOKAN HALL IN TOKIO ON JUNE 26 TUREND OUT THE WORST BOUT OF THE CENTURY. SEREVAL OF THE ESTIMATED 13,000 FANS SHOWED THEIR ANGER AND FRUSTRATION AS THE 15 ROUNDS BOUT ENDED IN A DRAW. DURING THE HOUR LONG BOUT,INOKI WAS LYING ON HIS BACK ON THE MAT WHILE ALI WAS CONSTANTLY CIRCLING,DANCING AWAY AND MAKING FACES AT THE JAPANESE WRESTLER.THERE WERE ONLY THREE TIMSE WHEN THE TWO ACTUALLY GRAPPLED WITH EACH OTHER. ALI MANAGED TO LAND A FEW JABS THROUGHOUT THE FIGHT,WHILE INOKI CONCENTRATED ON MAKING FLYING KICKS ON ALI S FOOT. PHOTO SHOWS ALI MAKING FACES AT THE JAPANESE WRESTLER IN THE 12 ROUNDS OF THEIR BOUT. .HPT WST BELGA x85193318stx

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