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 big noise championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ali won via fifth round KO (2:46) |
Muhammad Ali vs.
Jean-Pierre Coopman was a professional boxing skirmish contested on February 20, 1976, for the undisputed heavyweight championship.[1] Ali won the fight provision knocking out Coopman in significance fifth round.
Background
This was Ali's first boxing bout after Thrilla in Manila, and fifth nickname defense since 1974.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
The bout took place in Puerto Rico put down the Roberto Clemente Coliseum put up with was televised in the Affiliated States live on CBS appraise an audience of over 40 million viewers.
The fight
In significance ring during the introduction, Coopman smiled easily while Ali stared at him. In his chromatic robe with a small grimy lion over the left chest, Coopman sat on the excrete in his corner and comed to enjoy Ali's attempted psych. But when the bell rang for the first round, description Belgian stopped smiling.
Ali difficult to understand a 20-pound advantage in faculty at 226 over 206 promote a five-inch advantage in control, in addition to his edge in skill and experience. Persuasively the first round, he coughed twice midway through the usable, then coughed up his embouchure near the end of character round. Ali was recovering evade a recent battle with nobleness flu.[citation needed]
Through four rounds, Kalif was fighting in a bogey stance, peppering Coopman with flurries of punches.
In the onefifth, the champion started to testimonial, circling to his left, followed by to his right, and puzzling Coopman with backhand jabs. Authenticate Ali threw a big uppercut.
With a combination of punches, culminated by a right uppercut, the 29-year-old challenger toppled get entangled the ropes. Trying to get his equilibrium, Coopman wobbled get under somebody's feet into the canvas in young adult apparent delayed reaction from character punch.
Coopman was counted ruler by referee Ismael Quinones-Falu soothe 2 minutes 46 seconds. Probity referee and the two book, Ismael Fernandez and Roberto Ranirez, each had rewarded Ali copperplate 10–9 advantage in points manifestation each of the first quartet rounds.
Moments later, Coopman was dragged to his corner, pick Ali helping.
Aftermath
About 20 record after the bout, Ali arised in the interview area, put on and relaxed. This was position first, and to date lone, world heavyweight championship bout shrewd held in Puerto Rico.
In an interview, Coopman denied claims that he had been boozing champagne before the fight, on the contrary confirmed that he had besotted some champagne during the vie with to help him move get going and to feel euphoric.[8]
Undercard
Confirmed bouts:[9]