In April 1977, Muhammad Ali was 35 and only had six competitive matches left to fight.
He competed in an exhibition match against 19-year-old Michael Dokes, who had two years prior told Sports Illustrated:
My hands are so fast they can’t catch them on film... I told Muhammad Ali, ‘I’m gonna get you, old man, so you better get out while you can.
He's not wrong, his hands are ridiculously fast.
But Ali was faster.
The shimmy at the end is also absolutely sublime.
Ali spent most of the fight taunting Dokes in an attempt to get him to punch himself out.
At one point, he had Dokes in a headlock, shouting to the crowd:
Look at me play with this man, look at me play! I'm playing!
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