Muhammad Ali – Disk 1

Muhammad Ali – Disk 1 (PAL)

Source: DVDs, HD Caps & VHS Caps

Video Quality: Fairly Good to Very Good/Excellent

Audio Quality: Fair to Very Good

Language: English

Many thanks to Daz, titotrinidad & Rockytony for providing most of the content on these disks

Total duration of this disk: 9 hours, 13 minutes & 19 seconds.

Menu Screenshots:

– This PAL format set is not exactly the same as the NTSC set

1961-04-19 Muhammad Ali vs LaMar Clark (4 minutes & 13 seconds)

A Colourised version sourced from Youtube because I wanted to include it in the set.

1961-07-22 Muhammad Ali vs Alonzo Johnson (31 minutes & 16 seconds)

This is Titotrinidad’s excellent HD cap converted to PAL and still in High Definition.

1961-10-07 Muhammad Ali vs Alex Miteff (14 minutes)

1961-11-29 Muhammad Ali vs Willi Besmanoff (4 minutes & 7 seconds)

HD Sourced from the Sweetfights Youtube channel and cropped to remove the logo.

1962-02-10 Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Banks (15 minutes & 27 seconds)

Broadcast on BT Sport in High Definition.

1962-05-19 Muhammad Ali vs Billy Daniels (20 minutes & 4 seconds)

1962-11-15 Muhammad Ali vs Archie Moore (32 minutes & 25 seconds)

The original broadcast.

1962-11-15 Muhammad Ali vs Archie Moore (10 minutes & 49 seconds)

Highlights. This is from the DeAgostini’s Boxers DVD Collection (all CGI roundcards have been removed from between rounds).

1962-11-15 Muhammad Ali vs Archie Moore (9 minutes & 49 seconds)

Highlights. This was broadcast on Setanta Sports in High Definition.

1963-03-13 Muhammad Ali vs Doug Jones (45 minutes & 32 seconds)

This is Titotrinidad’s excellent HD cap converted to PAL and still in High Definition.

Ali-Cooper Intro (2 minutes & 2 seconds)

1963-06-18 Muhammad Ali vs Henry Cooper (21 minutes & 44 seconds)

The original broadcast.

Ali-Cooper Post-Fight (3 minutes & 26 seconds)

Broadcast on BT Sport in High Definition.

Ali-Liston Pre-fight Show (31 minutes & 13 seconds)

Broadcast February 1964

Original build-Up, hype, interviews, etc.

Youtube HD Source: Mike Tyson’s Youtube Channel (No longer available)

1964-02-25 Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston (42 minutes & 59 seconds)

Broadcast on ESPN UK in High Definition.

ABC Wide World of Sports (7 minutes & 19 seconds)

Chris Fowler introduces classic archive footage from the vaults of ABC/ESPN.

1965-05-25 Muhammad Ali vs Sonny Liston II (23 minutes & 14 seconds)

This is Titotrinidad’s excellent HD cap converted to PAL and still in High Definition.

ABC Wide World of Sports (6 minutes & 28 seconds)

More classic archive footage from the vaults of ABC/ESPN.

ABC Wide World of Sports (7 minutes & 51 seconds)

More classic archive footage from the vaults of ABC/ESPN.

Ali-Patterson Pre-fight (48 minutes & 33 seconds)

This is the documentary called ‘The Champions in Las Vegas’ (in full colour).

HD Sourced from the Sweetfights Youtube channel and converted to PAL.

1965-11-22 Muhammad Ali vs Floyd Patterson (46 minutes & 47 seconds)

This is Titotrinidad’s excellent HD cap converted to PAL and still in High Definition.

Mohammed Ali Hits Town (1 minute & 46 seconds)

Henry Cooper introduces some archive footage.

ABC Wide World of Sports (59 seconds)

More classic archive footage from the vaults of ABC/ESPN.

1966-03-29 Muhammad Ali vs George Chuvalo (1 hour, 5 minutes & 39 seconds)

This is Titotrinidad’s excellent HD cap converted to PAL and still in High Definition.

ABC Wide World of Sports (5 minutes & 51 seconds)

More classic archive footage from the vaults of ABC/ESPN.

1966-05-21 Muhammad Ali vs Henry Cooper II (49 minutes & 35 seconds)

This has a nice amount of pre-fight footage.

Total duration of this disk: 9 hours, 13 minutes & 19 seconds.

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