Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Antonio Inoki, whose most famous moment on the world stage was an unorthodox exhibition match against boxing champion Muhammad Ali ...

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, has ...

The Infamous "Boxer vs. Wrestler Match" between Antonio Inoki and Muhammad Ali was far more physically taxing than many people think. The 1976 bout was plagued with controversy, mainly stemming from ...

TOKYO — 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 ...

Antonio Inoki, a legendary Japanese pro wrestler, promoter and politician who faced Muhammad Ali in a mixed-martial arts match in 1976, died Saturday. He was 76. Inoki was battling a rare disease ...

TOKYOTOKYO — 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 ...

The late Antonio Inoki did it all in his career; he founded New Japan Pro-Wrestling. He became one of the biggest stars in the history of Japanese wrestling alongside his former tag team partner and ...

Antonio Inoki, whose most famous moment on the world stage was an unorthodox exhibition match against boxing champion Muhammad Ali that aimed to settle which sport could beat the other, died Friday in ...