Of all the episodes in Muhammad Ali’s incredible career ... In the other, Antonio Inoki, a gigantic 18-stone Japanese wrestler, national champion and one of his country’s most popular stars.

By Alex Traub Antonio Inoki, a Japanese wrestler who was best known for fighting Muhammad Ali to a draw ... In 1990, months before the Gulf War, Saddam Hussein was holding dozens of Japanese ...

His contest against Muhammad Ali clinched Inoki's reputation as a top fighter. ESPN describes it as one of the most-watched fights of the generation. And the match - boxer versus wrestler - was ...

Antonio Inoki, the Japanese wrestling star who once faced off against world boxing champion Muhammad Ali ... Ali in a rare exhibition match between a wrestler and a boxer in a contest that ...

A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. Inoki brought Japanese ...

Popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a 1976 match that helped pioneer mixed martial arts as a huge spectator sport ...

Antonio Inoki, whose most famous moment on the world stage was an unorthodox exhibition match against boxing champion Muhammad Ali that ... also the first Japanese wrestler to win the WWF ...