Known for an infectious personality and uncanny athletic ability, Muhammad Ali was the self-proclaimed, and then proven, greatest boxer in the world.
The former heavyweight champion won bouts in 29 different cities and 11 countries. With his international success, it can be easily forgotten that “The Greatest” holds a special place in Houston’s sports history.
On November 14, 1966, Ali shone in one of the most iconic fights of his career against Cleveland Williams in the Astrodome.
Being one of the most anticipated sporting events of the 1960s, a crowd of 35,460 people flocked to the “Eighth Wonder of the World” just over a year after its opening and made it the highest-attended fight in boxing history at the time.