Ali/Clay hit the canvas 4 times. The only men who achieved this were Sonny Banks, Henry Cooper, Joe Frazier and Chuck Wepner.
Ali was never counted out in his career.
however , most experts agree the wepner knock down was an erroneous call by referee tony Perez as wepner actually pushed ali as he was standing on Ali's foot and ali went down.
However no rule in boxing against stepping on a foot, it was not a push but a punch. I was there and saw it first hand.
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