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Muhammad Ali Signed Red Everlast Boxing Robe
Very Rare ExclusiveRed Everlast Boxing robe
that has been embroidered on the back exactly the same as
the robe Muhammad Ali wore for his first fight against Henry
Cooper in London in 1963. Signed in Black Sharpie by Muhammad
Ali and comes complete with Online Authentics Certificate
from Ali's management company. Nice Large Signature.
We only have ONE of these Muhammad Ali signed boxing Robes
to ensure exclusivity. All Postage costs will be calculated
at checkout. This item will be shipped Unframed within seven
business days.
£2,495.00
Sports is filled with showmen, and with
great athletes, but perhaps never were they better combined
than in the young man who began life as Cassius Clay and
became a worldwide phenomenon as Muhammad Ali. The man who
bragged about his ability to "float like a butterfly
and sting like a bee" went from being a curious oddity
in the early 1960s to a national villain to an international
hero. And now he reigns as one of the most beloved men on
the planet.
He was born on Jan. 18, 1942, in Louisville,
Kentucky. Clay, who started fighting at the age of 12, won
two national Golden Gloves middleweight championship and
an AAU national light-heavyweight title. Soon after graduating
Central High School as a D student, 376th in a class of
391, Clay showed he was an A student in the ring when he
won the light-heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Olympics
in Rome.
In his early pro bouts, Clay showed unbelievable
hand and foot speed for someone 6-foot-3 and about 190 pounds.
As he developed, he displayed a stinging jab and an improving
right. With his hands held low, he avoided punches to the
head by bobbing out of the way.
The brash youngster was a terrific self-promoter,
mugging for the camera and boasting that not only was he
the greatest fighter, he also was the prettiest. He predicted
in rhyme, with unerring accuracy, the round in which he
would knock out his opponent ("They all fall/in the
round I call"). In a period when interest in boxing
had waned, Clay revitalized the sport.
