>>14786257>Ali had the rules changedyou mean Ali's trainer had the rules changed because even though everyone knew it was going to be some goofy fake Thunderlips vs. Rocky style promotional, Ali's trainer started to get suspicious about Inoki trying to make a name for himself internationally by wrestling him or going after his legs (he was right)
The reaction of the entire sports world was that Ali got ambushed by some huckster that was trying to use a friendly exhibition as a means of carnie self-promotion. Every sportswriter in the world shat on Inoki for it, as did every pro wrestler in the world at the time (pic related).
It's only become fetishized later by Inoki-worshiping retards who were dumb enough to believe the fiction that a guy who never had a shoot fight was the father of MMA. Sure, it was Inoki, not guys like Fujiwara or Maeda or Takada, not even Frank Gotch. Gimme a break.
