Frankfurt, Germany, Sep. 10, 1966: Muhammad Ali moments before the start of the heavyweight title bout against Karl Mildenberger. Standing behind him in a white shirt is his trainer Angelo Dundee. Ali would retain his heavyweight title with a technical knockout (TKO) decision against the German boxer in minute 1:30 of the 12th round.

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