What was the justfication behind Ali's being stripped of his title by the WBA in 1967 ? How did they rationalize it ? In fact, this was the second time is 3 years that the WBA had stripped him, and he took on all-comers, unbelievable.
A much bigger disgrace was how he wasn't stripped after not fighting mandatory after mandatory while 'retiring' in the late 70's.
George Foreman. He was the mandatory from '75 and if i remember correct, the 'final' point was february '77. Of course, Monzon was immediatly stripped when he did the same, but Ali was allowed to fight a complete joke called Evangelista mid '77.
George Foreman went into hiding in '75. Ali did fight his mandatory that year in Frazier. Ali did nothing wrong.:good
Yeah, he fought his mandatory as soon as it was Frazier. He didn't fight ANY mandatory in 1976, 77 or 78. :good
The reason was because in June 1967 Ali was fined $10,000 and sentenced to five years imprisonment for refusing induction to the US Armed Forces.
