Top 7 weirdest fights ever: This stuff is beyond belief!

 Ali vs. Inoki: ”War of the Worlds”

One of the weirdest fights ever.

The 1976 ”War of the Worlds” could be seen as a precursor to MMA and was a mixed rule fight between undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki.

The bout was fought under ”special rules”, and turned out to be quite boring since the rules had been so modified that the contest was no longer boxing versus wrestling.

”I don’t know how seriously Muhammad Ali is taking the fight, but if he doesn’t take it seriously, he could suffer damage. I’m going in there fighting. I may even break his arm,” Inoki said at a pre-fight press conference.

However, Inoki didn’t break no arms, in fact, he was on his back during the majority of the fight, kicking Ali’s legs 107 times.

In the end, the spectacle ended as a draw and the crowd at the sold-out Nippon Budokan threw rubbish into the ring and chanted ”Money back! Money back!”.

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