Muhammad Ali vs. Richard Dunn
Boxing competition
Date | May 24, 1976 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany | |||||||||||||||||||||
Title(s) on the line | WBA, WBC, and The Ring heavyweight titles | |||||||||||||||||||||
Tale of the tape | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ali won via fifth round TKO (2:05) |
Muhammad Ali and Richard Dunn fought a boxing match on May 24, 1976. Ali won the bout by knocking out Dunn in the fifth round. The fight is remembered for being the last time Ali would knock down any opponent in the ring in his boxing career.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The punch Ali used to knockout Dunn was taught to Ali by Taekwondo Grandmaster Jhoon Rhee. Rhee called that punch the "Accupunch", he learnt it from Bruce Lee. Rhee was Ali's head coach for this Dunn fight.[7]
References
- ^ "Muhammad Ali's ring record". ESPN. 19 November 2003. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Bradford's Richard Dunn recalls the night he took on Muhammad Ali and pays tribute to his 'charisma and style'". Telegraph & Argus. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Muhammad Ali beating me was the highlight of my life, says Richard Dunn". The Telegraph. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ "Dunn's memories of legends Ali and Frazier". The Scarborough News. 22 December 2011. Retrieved 5 October 2016.
- ^ Felix Dennis; Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. pp. 246–50.
- ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali:His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 323–6.
- ^ "Jhoon Rhee, Father of American Tae Kwon Do". www.jhoonrhee.com. Retrieved 2019-05-01.
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associates
- Chuck Bodak (trainer, cutman)
- Angelo Dundee (cornerman)
- Drew Bundini Brown (trainer, cornerman)
- Ferdie Pacheco (personal physician, cornerman)
- Joe E. Martin (first trainer)
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- Richard Durham (autobiography co-writer)
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