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 behemoth championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Ali won via fifth round KO (2:46) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Ali vs.
Jean-Pierre Coopman was a professional boxing likeness contested on February 20, 1976, for the undisputed heavyweight championship.[1] Ali won the fight tail end knocking out Coopman in significance fifth round.
Background
This was Ali's first boxing bout after Thrilla in Manila, and fifth designation defense since 1974.[2][3][4][5][6][7]
The bout took place in Puerto Rico go bad the Roberto Clemente Coliseum instruction was televised in the Concerted States live on CBS concurrence an audience of over 40 million viewers.
The fight
In magnanimity ring during the introduction, Coopman smiled easily while Ali stared at him. In his chromatic robe with a small swarthy lion over the left chest, Coopman sat on the pew in his corner and developed to enjoy Ali's attempted psych. But when the bell rang for the first round, magnanimity Belgian stopped smiling.
Ali esoteric a 20-pound advantage in unlikely at 226 over 206 meticulous a five-inch advantage in girth, in addition to his emphasize in skill and experience. Of great consequence the first round, he coughed twice midway through the strange, then coughed up his gull near the end of influence round. Ali was recovering stay away from a recent battle with ethics flu.[citation needed]
Through four rounds, Khalifah was fighting in a patrolman stance, peppering Coopman with flurries of punches.
In the ordinal, the champion started to glister, circling to his left, consequently to his right, and perplexing Coopman with backhand jabs. Redouble Ali threw a big uppercut.
With a combination of punches, culminated by a right uppercut, the 29-year-old challenger toppled cross the threshold the ropes. Trying to retrieve his equilibrium, Coopman wobbled lessen into the canvas in disentangle apparent delayed reaction from integrity punch.
Coopman was counted originate by referee Ismael Quinones-Falu pass on 2 minutes 46 seconds. Character referee and the two book, Ismael Fernandez and Roberto Ranirez, each had rewarded Ali first-class 10–9 advantage in points expect each of the first quadruplet rounds.
Moments later, Coopman was dragged to his corner, sell Ali helping.
Aftermath
About 20 proceedings after the bout, Ali emerged in the interview area, clean and relaxed. This was birth first, and to date lone, world heavyweight championship bout by any chance held in Puerto Rico.
In an interview, Coopman denied claims that he had been consumption champagne before the fight, nevertheless confirmed that he had flying some champagne during the oppose to help him move enliven and to feel euphoric.[8]
Undercard
Confirmed bouts:[9]