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Who did Muhammad Ali beat in 1960?

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Ali had two fights in 1967.

The first one was against Ernie Terrel on Feb 2nd, 1967 at Astrodome, Houston, Texas . Ali won a 15 round unanimous decision.

Muhammad Ali vs. Ernie Terrel

Referee: Harry Kessler 148-137

Judge: Jimmy Webb 148-133

Judge: Ernie Taylor 148-137

The secong title defence was against Zora Foley on March 22nd, 1967 at Madison Square Garden, New York . Ali won by by KO at 1:48 in round 7 of 15.

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he beat sonny liston in 1964 to win the title the first time. he beat george foreman in 1974 to win it the second time he beat leon spinks in the rematch in 1978 to become the first man to win the heavyweight championship 3 times.

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Muhammad Ali fought twice in 1974. He won by a decision over Joe Frazier on January 28th, and won by a knockout over George Foreman on October 30th. The latter fight was known as "The Rumble in the Jungle."

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Ali defeated Zbigniew Pietrzylowski of Poland in the gold medal match in the 1960 Summer Olympics.

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sonny Liston

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