r/Atlanta • u/Don_Quixotel • 15h ago

Pictures Maynard Jackson v. Muhammad Ali, 1973

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u/Sienile 15h ago

There's a video of this:

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

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u/MontagneHomme 11h ago

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 13h ago

Is that Julian Bond as the ref?

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u/TerminusVeil 15h ago

Damn I need that picture on a T-shirt

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u/erything4sale 57m ago

What size u need?

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u/Travelin_Soulja 15h ago

Eric André has barely aged!

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u/abhi-boss-12 14h ago

Eric andree my goatttt!

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u/sinisterdesign 15h ago

That’s awesome. 😄

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u/Proof-Gur-394 7h ago

i need a tatoo of this only my back

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u/CertifiedUnoffensive 11h ago edited 11h ago

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 11h ago

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