Sylvester Stallone Reminisces Meeting Late Muhammad Ali by Sharing Forgotten Clip in Latest Story

Sylvester Stallone shared an unseen clip of him and Muhammad Ali on his Instagram story, this Saturday. Muhammad Ali and Sylvester Stallone always had a good relationship with each other. Both were connected with the world of boxing in their own ways. Muhammad Ali is a legend, no one can skip him when talking about the greatest boxers. While Sly Stallone has also contributed his fair share to the sport, Sylvester Stallone has devoted his good life to the most famous boxing franchise ever made in the history of cinema, which all started with Rocky (1976).

Sylvester Stallone and Muhammad Ali have been captured on camera together a couple of times, besides this. Ali and Stallone’s first famous encounter was at the Oscars in 1977. And then they were also seen together at ‘Muhammad Ali’s All-Star 60th Birthday Celebration!’ in 2002. But not many knew about the video posted by ‘theyophillyrockyfilmtour’.

The unseen clip of Sylvester Stallone and Muhammad Ali

The clip does not have a lot of context, the caption gives only a little information that the following encounter happened sometime in the mid-80s. And one can just hear the reporter narrating the scene. But it can be deduced that the clip is definitely after Ali’s retirement. He had his Plasma therapy done by that time.

The reporter talked about Ali’s condition, and how he is looking good even after going through severe treatment. Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, and for its treatment, he had to undergo a blood-cleansing treatment, which is called ‘plasmapheresis’. And the clip is definitely after Ali had successfully undergone the treatment.

The History Between the two legends

Muhammad Ali and Sylvester Stallone were captured sharing some banter with each other at the 1977 Oscars. Sylvester Stallone was supposed to present the award for ‘Best Supporting Actress Award’ when Muhammad Ali surprises him from the back. Then he also claims to be the real ‘Apollo Creed’ and also playfully pretends to fight with Sly Stallone on stage.

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This line makes more sense as it was revealed by Sylvester Stallone that he based the character of the ‘Apollo Creed’ on Muhammad Ali. And he also thanked that a character like that existed. Because then he could have never come up with such a character all by himself. And Rocky’s character was an inspiration to a lot of people, but still, some people have their criticism. For instance, Joe Rogan once talked about why ‘Rocky’ is too ‘corny’ to be a real inspiration.

There was another moment when Sylvester Stallone paid his friend a tribute. He replayed the 1977 Oscars clip at ‘Muhammad Ali’s All-Star 60th Birthday Celebration!’ and recited a poem that Muhammad Ali wrote for Sly Stallone, and slipped it into his pocket on that night. The two legends always maintained a good bond with each other.

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