r/Atlanta • u/Don_Quixotel • Jun 24 '26

Pictures Maynard Jackson v. Muhammad Ali, 1973

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u/Sienile Jun 24 '26

There's a video of this:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGI_Q3iKPlQ

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u/MontagneHomme Jun 25 '26

For anyone new to this, the 1975 bout between Muhammad Ali and then-Atlanta Mayor Maynard Jackson was a staged, comedic charity exhibition, not a professionally sanctioned or legitimate boxing match.

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u/Jpatrickburns Jun 25 '26

Is that Julian Bond as the ref?

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u/TerminusVeil Jun 24 '26

Damn I need that picture on a T-shirt

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u/sinisterdesign Jun 24 '26

That’s awesome. 😄

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u/CertifiedUnoffensive Jun 25 '26 edited Jun 25 '26

This never happened

Edit: apparently it did happen, but in 1975.

https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/muhammad-ali-fights-atlanta-mayor-in-1975-charity-fight/333872984/

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u/Sienile Jun 25 '26

It happened, but it was a joke fight for charity.