Muhammad Ali Signed X-Ray Of Broken Jaw, 1973

Signed and inscribed in black marker: 'To Carol & Russ From Muhammad Ali, 1973'; from the 1973 fight with Ken Norton, who handed Ali only the second defeat of his career, winning in a split decision

Good condition.
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Called 'Ken Somebody' by Sports Illustrated, Norton was a 5-1 underdog against Ali. However, inspired by a self-help book called Think and Grow Rich, Norton beat Ali. Later, Ali's trainer Angelo Dundee told ESPN he knew there was a method to Norton's madness. "With that lurching, herky-jerky, splay-footed movement of his, you just couldn't time him."
 
 
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