Muhammad Ali vs. Alfredo Evangelista

Muhammad Ali vs. Alfredo Evangelista, billed as The Parade of Champions, was a professional boxing match contested on May 16, 1977, for the undisputed heavyweight championship.

Alfredo Evangelista was a young and relatively inexperienced fighter, he had scored eleven knockouts in just fourteen victories in just over a year, and suffered only one defeat.

Despite the confidence, Ali did make sure to properly train and slim down after having gained significant weight in the time off between fights.

Evangelista was able to go the distance with Ali, and managed to land his powerful left hook on several occasions, but only stunned the champion twice (in the sixth and eighth round).

On several occasions Ali landed effective combinations and even came close to shutting out the challenger, but was unable to knock him out.