Antonio Inoki Forum

Antonio Inoki was more than an extraordinary athlete and promoter; he was a visionary in the world of wrestling.

So far ahead of his time when it came to the idea of (what we now call) MMA, his legendary encounter with Muhammad Ali is still talked about over 45 years later.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5Yz8iM-HV8

I always thought he looked like Superman and I suppose he was.

Agree with everything except the "legendary" encounter. Only in the media sense. Inoki layer on his back the entire 15 rounds and Ali threw a grand total of 6 punches in 15 rounds. The "bout" has always been widely criticized as a cash grab by both parties involved.

I would agree, the bout was terrible apart from the two men benefiting financially out of it there was nothing good which came out of it.

Points takes; perhaps I should have used the term 'unique encounter'. Definitely a bummer of a contest, but we haven't progressed much since (see Mayweather / McGregor).

That's a fair point!!