THE GREATEST - MUHAMMAD ALI COMMEMORATIVE LIMITED EDITION POSTER

A STRIKING LIMITED EDITION COMMEMORATIVE POSTER CELEBRATING THREE OF MUHAMMAD ALI'S MOST ICONIC BOXING MOMENTS: THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE, THE THRILLA IN MANILA, AND HIS VICTORY OVER SONNY LISTON. THIS PROFESSIONALLY PRODUCED SPORTING MEMORABILIA FEATURES THREE DRAMATIC BLACK AND WHITE ACTION PHOTOGRAPHS ARRANGED WITH A CENTRAL COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH OF ALI IN HIS PRIME, ALL MOUNTED ON A DARK GREY BACKGROUND WITH GOLD FOIL LETTERING.

FEATURED BOUTS:

RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE - MUHAMMAD ALI VS GEORGE FOREMAN
FOUGHT AT THE 20TH STADIUM IN KINSHASA, ZAIRE (NOW DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO) ON 30 OCTOBER 1974. THIS HISTORIC HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP BOUT SAW ALI RECLAIM THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CROWN FROM UNDEFEATED CHAMPION GEORGE FOREMAN, BECOMING THE SECOND FIGHTER EVER TO RECOVER THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE AFTER FLOYD PATTERSON. THE ACCOMPANYING TEXT NOTES THAT ALI HAD BEEN FORCED INTO RETIREMENT AS A CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR TO THE VIETNAM WAR, BUT RETURNED TO THE RING TO RECLAIM HIS PRIZE. THE FIGHT ACHIEVED LEGENDARY STATUS AND CONFIRMED MUHAMMAD ALI AS PROBABLY THE GREATEST FIGHTER OF ALL TIME.

THRILLA IN MANILA - MUHAMMAD ALI VS JOE FRAZIER
A FAMOUS BOXING MATCH BETWEEN MUHAMMAD ALI AND JOE FRAZIER, FOUGHT AT THE ARANETA COLISEUM IN QUEZON CITY OF THE PHILIPPINES ON 1 OCTOBER 1975. THIS BOUT GAINED WORLDWIDE TELEVISION COVERAGE AND STARTED A MEDIA FRENZY. ALI AND FRAZIER NEARLY WENT THE DISTANCE, WITH THE FIGHT ENDING AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE 14TH ROUND WHEN JOE HAD TO CALL IT A NIGHT. WHEN THE BELL RANG FOR THE 15TH ROUND, FRAZIER, WITH HIS EYES ALMOST COMPLETELY SHUT, REMAINED IN HIS CORNER AS HIS TRAINER EDDIE FUTCH THREW IN THE TOWEL. FRAZIER FAMOUSLY STATED: "MAN, I HIT HIM WITH PUNCHES THAT'D BRING DOWN THE WALLS OF A CITY. LAWDY, LAWDY, HE'S A GREAT CHAMPION." MUHAMMAD ALI DESCRIBED THIS AS THE CLOSEST EXPERIENCE TO DEATH THAT HE HAD EVER ENCOUNTERED.

SONNY LISTON BOUT - MUHAMMAD ALI VS SONNY LISTON
A DRAMATIC COLOUR PHOTOGRAPH CAPTURES THE MOMENT OF ALI'S KNOCKOUT VICTORY, WITH LISTON ON THE CANVAS AND ALI STANDING VICTORIOUS IN THE RING, SURROUNDED BY SPECTATORS AND OFFICIALS.

SPECIFICATIONS:
THE POSTER IS PRESENTED AS A LIMITED EDITION, NUMBERED 443 OF 900, AS INDICATED BY THE GOLD FOIL STAMP IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER. THE DESIGN INCORPORATES PERIOD-APPROPRIATE TYPOGRAPHY AND LAYOUT, WITH GOLD FOIL LETTERING THROUGHOUT PROVIDING AN ELEGANT COMMEMORATIVE QUALITY. THE POSTER INCLUDES AN ICONIC MUHAMMAD ALI QUOTE: "I MUST BE THE GREATEST. IF ANYONE EVEN DREAMS HE CAN BEAT ME, HE HAD BETTER WAKE UP AND APOLOGISE."

CONDITION: THE POSTER SHOWS MINOR AGE-RELATED WEAR CONSISTENT WITH DISPLAY AND STORAGE OVER SEVERAL DECADES. THE PAPER SURFACE EXHIBITS LIGHT CREASING AND MINOR EDGE WEAR, BUT THE COLOURS REMAIN VIBRANT AND THE GOLD FOIL LETTERING IS BRIGHT AND LARGELY COMPLETE. NO SIGNIFICANT TEARS, WATER DAMAGE, OR RESTORATION IS EVIDENT. THIS IS AN AUTHENTIC PERIOD PIECE CELEBRATING ONE OF SPORT'S GREATEST ATHLETES AND MOST MEMORABLE MOMENTS.

PROVENANCE: THIS COMMEMORATIVE POSTER REPRESENTS A SIGNIFICANT PIECE OF SPORTING HISTORY AND MUHAMMAD ALI MEMORABILIA, CAPTURING THREE DEFINING MOMENTS IN THE CAREER OF THE BOXER WIDELY REGARDED AS THE GREATEST OF ALL TIME.

2 Per Lot

Condition: Good - Refer To Images

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Location of item: 60 Marple Avenue, Villawood, NSW, Australia

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