Muhammad Ali vs Earnie Shavers 9, 29, 77 part 6

When the first bell rang 70m viewers were watching on NBC. More than half of all television sets in the US were showing the fight. Midway through the second round Shavers unleashed a pulverising right hand over Ali s jab, which hurt the champion badly. Ali took a great punch, he had remarkable recuperative powers but I held back when I should have jumped on him, Shavers said. I regret that. The pace slowed in rounds three and four. Ali danced like the Ali of old in the fifth but his legs quickly faile