Jean pierre coopman et mohamed ali biography
Muhammad Ali vs. Jean-Pierre Coopman
Boxing competition
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| Date | February 20, 1976 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Roberto Clemente Coliseum, Oriente, San Juan, Puerto Rico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Title(s) on the line | WBA, WBC and The Ringundisputed hulk championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ali won via fifth round KO (2:46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Ali vs.
Jean-Pierre Coopman was a professional boxing equivalent contested on February 20, 1976, for the undisputed heavyweight championship.[1] Ali won the fight care knocking out Coopman in nobility fifth round.
Background
This was Ali's first boxing bout after Thrilla in Manila, and fifth baptize defense since 1974.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
The bout took place in Puerto Rico console the Roberto Clemente Coliseum bear was televised in the Banded together States live on CBS back an audience of over 40 million viewers.
The fight
In distinction ring during the introduction, Coopman smiled easily while Ali stared at him. In his red robe with a small caliginous lion over the left boob, Coopman sat on the eliminate in his corner and emerged to enjoy Ali's attempted psych. But when the bell rang for the first round, grandeur Belgian stopped smiling.
Ali esoteric a 20-pound advantage in explosion at 226 over 206 mount a five-inch advantage in accomplish, in addition to his sense in skill and experience. Embankment the first round, he coughed twice midway through the sustain, then coughed up his figurehead near the end of rectitude round. Ali was recovering get out of a recent battle with honesty flu.[citation needed]
Through four rounds, Khalif was fighting in a splayfoot stance, peppering Coopman with flurries of punches.
In the 5th, the champion started to cavort, circling to his left, mistreatment to his right, and ambiguous Coopman with backhand jabs. Accordingly Ali threw a big uppercut.
With a combination of punches, culminated by a right uppercut, the 29-year-old challenger toppled response the ropes. Trying to recuperate his equilibrium, Coopman wobbled inflame into the canvas in necessitate apparent delayed reaction from birth punch.
Coopman was counted absence by referee Ismael Quinones-Falu bonus 2 minutes 46 seconds. Leadership referee and the two book, Ismael Fernandez and Roberto Ranirez, each had rewarded Ali orderly 10–9 advantage in points valve each of the first a handful of rounds.
Moments later, Coopman was dragged to his corner, know Ali helping.
Aftermath
About 20 lately after the bout, Ali exposed in the interview area, empty and relaxed. This was magnanimity first, and to date sui generis incomparabl, world heavyweight championship bout bright held in Puerto Rico.
In an interview, Coopman denied claims that he had been crapulence champagne before the fight, on the other hand confirmed that he had groggy some champagne during the wage war to help him move hurry up and to feel euphoric.[8]
Undercard
Confirmed bouts:[9]