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On September 15, 1978, former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali found
himself at the Superdome in New Orleans trying to win his title back
from an upstart boxer named Leon Spinks. Spinks, the 1976 Olympic
Heavyweight Champion, had surprised Ali seven months earlier by scoring a
15-round, split decision over the champ in Las Vegas. This time around,
the 36-year-old Ali had enough gas left in the tank to stage a
15-round, unanimous decision over the younger, 25-year-old Spinks. Ali
would go on to fight just two more times before retiring
First version is a colorful original poster to the World Heavyweight
Championship fight between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks on Sept. 15,
1978 held at the Louisiana Super dome in New Orleans. Poster depicts Ali
and Spinks atop the Superdome, ready to square off. "Sept. 15, 1978"
set to their left and "Spinks vs. Ali" to the right. "SUPERDOME - NEW
ORLEANS" printed at bottom. Poster is a size of 18"X23”. This poster has
also been signed by the original artist, Sal Navaro, in black ink with a
9 in strength on the bottom right hand side. This poster also has the
original stamps “Can’t be reproduced without permission from Sal Navaro
Productions”, on the back.
Second, another rare full color poster publicizing the event with both
Spinks and Ali illustrated prominently with the foreground showing a
Bourbon Street corner with a jazz band playing and the Superdome in the
center.