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#muhammadali #boxing #fight @ElTerribleProduction Ali, then 35 years old, met Michael Dokes, a 19-year-old future heavyweight contender, in a 1977 exhibition match that showed that even at his advanced boxing age, The Greatest could not only still hang with a young, hungry lion, but make him look downright silly at times. The bout was only scheduled to last three rounds, but it had a fair bit more jazz than your typical fluff exhibition fight. That was mostly because of Dokes' mouth and Ali's desire to make the young buck use that mouth to choke on his words. During the fight, Ali retreated to the corner and placed his gloves on the ropes while Dokes proceeded to pound every single square inch of air around Ali's head and body into oblivion without touching his opponent once. Ali slipped, ducked and dodged an insane 21 punches in just about 10 seconds, threading the needle and then mocking his man with a little dance move to put the cherry on top.
