Fury's inactivity ? Muhammad Ali didn't defend the title for 15 months

lencoreastside · Sep 25, 2016

Unforgiven said: ↑

Just a bit of historical context.

Cassius Clay won the world championship on February 25, 1964 when Sonny Liston quit on his stool, leaving many people unimpressed by both men.

He caught some flak when he changed his name to Muhammad Ali and began spouting his personal religious beliefs, announced his was a follower of Elijah Muhammad, a self-proclaimed prophet, and started promoting black separatism, etc.

He was stripped of the WBA title in 1964 because he had a rematch clause with Liston.

The Liston rematch was finalized for November 1964 in Boston, but Ali pulled out a few days before with a hernia injury.

It wasn't until May 25, 1965 that Ali finally gave Liston a rematch. A small crowd in a small town turned up to watch. And it was one of the most disappointing "fights" of all-time.

Maybe Fury should be cut a bit of slack.
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Idiotic post.

Bad News Brit · Sep 25, 2016

Ward was a champion with the WBA for about 3 years without defending.

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