After the match, Henderson became a part of George Foreman's Rumble in the Jungle event in Zaire and won a libel suit against Norman Mailer and Playboy.
The California Athletic Commission suspended Henderson's state boxing license after it learned of the matches in Australasia.
In 1968, police from Fort Worth found marijuana in Henderson's possession, and he briefly returned to prison.
[1] Elmo Henderson used to train at Archie Moore's gym on the corner of Sage and Gateway in Vallejo, California.
Archie Moore was the Light Heavyweight champion and had lost to Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) on November 15, 1962.
The article included a false statement that said that Henderson had been "and not too recently released from Nevada State Hospital for the insane.
[3] Owen Cox, the judge, said that the amount was too high, and ordered that the plaintiff would either accept $25,000 or that the case goes to trial again.