Muhammad Ali vs Brian London / Earls Court Arena / 06.08.1966

Professional boxing battle between Muhammad Ali and Brian London. The fight took place at Earls Court Arena, London, England on August 6, 1966. It was scheduled for fifteen rounds. The match ended in the third round with Ali defeating London by KO. There were sucht titles on the line: WBC, NYSAC, and "The Ring" heavyweight titles
Ali at 24 years old put on a masterful performance against a clearly out-classed 32 year old opponent, with Ali having the advantages of height, weight, reach and youth on his side, almost hitting London at will as the fight went on. As London put it in an interview with the BBC: "he was just getting through all the time".
In a post-career media interview London described his contest with Ali in stark terms, describing Ali as being: "Big, fast and he could punch, whereas I was smaller, fatter and couldn't punch. He stopped me in three rounds and that was it, I don't think I hit him. It was good money and I got well paid for it - that's all I fought for. Every fight I ever had I always had a go, but with Muhammad Ali I thought don't get hurt Brian, and I therefore didn't try, which was wrong, totally wrong."
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[@patrickbrowne4606]

That final barrage of punches that knocked London out was one of the greatest displays in the history of the heavyweight division. Rarely if ever has the world seen ANYONE that size throw punches so fast. London probably thought that he’d been caught in a tornado.

[@kaspafischer]

Ali landed a few body punches against Brian here... those were very rare!

[@bobbywise2313]

Cooper did clog him pretty good in their first fight before Ali decided stop playing around. I think Cooper did expose a weakness of Ali though. He was pretty vulnerable to a left hook.

[@paulkenneally789]

Ali fought and beat all 4 of his British opponents.. they were all outclassed London,Cooper,Dunn and Bugner.

[@zenithcalheiro2419]

Esse é o cara

[@user-ho9mn5zg1k]

The greatest ali😅

[@abriz6688]

A statue fighting an agile champion

[@iconicyard1311]

ali avoided young black challengers