Muhammad Ali vs Ron Lyle 49th of 61 - May 1975 - ULTIMATE VERSION -

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49th bout of Muhammad Ali The WBC & WBA World Heavyweight Championship (Age 33 Fights 48 Won 46 Lost 2 Drawn 0 ) vs Ron Lyle from - Denver, Colorado, USA (Age 33 Fights 33 Won 30 Lost 2 Drawn 1 ) May 16 1975 Las Vegas, Nevada, USA TKO 11/15 Entrance at 23:45 The bout starts at 30:46 Lyle was given an opportunity to face Ali, during Ali's second title defense in his second reign as champion. Lyle was the more aggressive fighter in the early rounds, with Ali conserving his energy and covering up in the center of the ring allowing Lyle to score. During the course of the first 10 rounds, Ali encapsulated almost his entire career. He lay on the ropes and tried to lure Lyle—no dope—into flailing himself arm-weary. But Lyle only pecked away or moved back to the center of the ring. The mirage style of boxing is faintly reminiscent of Floyd Patterson's peekaboo: Ali goes to the middle of the ring, holding his hands up, palms together as if in supplication. He gets thwacked smartly about the gloves and arms while peering out at his opponent. Supposedly, this tires the opponent. But it only seemed to encourage Lyle, who ripped a right uppercut through the gloves in the ninth round to give Ali a black eye. When not using these tactics, Ali stood flat-footed, hands at his sides, and evaded Lyle's punches by moving his head. Most of Lyle's punches, that is. Ali did so little in the first six rounds that he was behind on everyone's scorecard but his own. In the seventh round, he grew bored with his inventions and began to float and sting. And despite being stung himself by a good, ponderous right hand, he took advantage of a grievous Lyle failing. In the 11th round Ali hit Lyle with a strong right hand and followed with several flurrying punches, scoring. Ali turned to Referee Ferd Hernandez and motioned for him to stop the fight. The referee refused, so Ali hit Lyle with a lightning left-right-left to the head, then stepped back again and waved to Hernandez. This time wisely, the referee stopped it seeing that Lyle was unable to defend himself and Ali was punching him in the head at will. Lyle's trainer, Chickie Ferrara said : "The stoppage wasn't kosher and the ref stopped it cuz there was no chance for Ali to win this fight as Lyle had a big lead." In Fact Lyle had lead but not that much as Ferrara thought. Judge, Bill Kipp scored 43-49 Lyle ahead Judge, Art Lurie scored 45-46 Lyle ahead Judge, John Mangriciana scored 46-46. 50th bout of Ali : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Crq4qQygdA