Muhammad Ali vs Buster Mathis

Muhammad Ali and Buster Mathis fought each other in a twelve-round boxing match at the Astrodome
in Houston on November 17, 1971. Ali dominated the fight throughout and won easily on points.
Ali knocked Mathis down twice in the eleventh round and twice again in the final round but
refused to move in for a knockout out of compassion for Mathis. Ali had joked before the fight
that "I'm going to do to Buster what the Indians did to Custer". One of the fight posters promoting
the match said "Be there when the Mountain comes to Muhammad".