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Muhammad Hussain Inoki (born Kanji Inoki ( Japanese: 猪木寛至, Hepburn: Inoki Kanji); February 20, 1943 – October 1, 2022) was a Japanese professional wrestler, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. He was best known by the ring name Antonio Inoki (アントニオ猪木, Antonio Inoki ...
Don Frye. Donald Frye (born November 23, 1965) is an American former mixed martial artist, professional wrestler, and actor. In MMA, he was one of the sport's earliest well-rounded fighters and won the UFC 8 and Ultimate Ultimate 96 tournaments and finished as runner-up UFC 10 in his first year of competition.
Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, billed as The War of the Worlds, [1] was a fight between American professional boxer Muhammad Ali and Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki, held at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan, on June 26, 1976. At the time, Ali had come off a knockout victory over Richard Dunn in May and was the undisputed ...
A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. Inoki brought Japanese ...
Antonio Inoki Retirement Show Tokyo Dome: Tokyo, Japan: Antonio Inoki vs. Don Frye: August 8 Rising The Next Generations in Osaka Dome Osaka Dome: Osaka, Japan: Tatsumi Fujinami (c) vs. Masahiro Chono for the IWGP Heavyweight Championship
Antonio Inoki won the title in 1984. Inoki successfully defended it in 1985 against Andrè the Giant (IWGP League winner of 1985) and Hulk Hogan. Hogan was the only challenger that didn't win the tournament to challenge for the championship. In 1986, Inoki vacated the title, because he wanted to compete in the IWGP League.
Ali also was featured as the guest of honor when Inoki fought Ric Flair during a 1996 pay-per-view event in North Korea. Two years later, Ali sat ringside for Inoki's final fight and presented him ...
English. Box office. $2,789,985 [1] When We Were Kings is a 1996 American documentary film directed by Leon Gast about the "Rumble in the Jungle" heavyweight championship boxing match that was held on October 30, 1974, in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo) between world heavyweight champion George Foreman and Muhammad Ali.