#MatchHighlights Antonio Inoki vs. Muhammad Ali Boxer Vs. Wrestler Match (Special Referee: Gene LeBell): NJPW Real World Martial Arts Championship 1976 As Ali is being inducted into the WWE Hall Of Fame, we look back at this marquee showdown. Dubbed "The War Of The Worlds", the fight was portrayed as a battle for supremacy between the sports. Ali landed two jabs that, given his reported $6.1 million purse for the night, equalled roughly $3 million per punch. And Inoki's kicks to Ali's legs resulted in severe blood clots, requiring The Greatest to be hospitalized. The full match lasted forty-five minutes! This video encapsulates each round's highlights. However bad failing to live up to its lofty expectations, it stands as a first-ever forerunner to modern Mixed Martial Arts. Although might not have determined which sport is supreme since the bout ended with a forwarded from -1001854836682