Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali Framed poster Limited edition 3/250
When the King of Boxing and the King of Rock and Roll met.
The special friendship between the King of Rock and the King of Boxing was cemented on February 14th, 1973 when Elvis Presley presented Muhammad Ali with an Elvis style robe emblazoned with the words “Peoples Choice”
- Frame measures at 960mm height and 750mm width
- Frame is ready to hang
- Frame also has a beautiful silver plaque about the meeting with Elvis and Muhammed
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Muhammad Ali is considered by many to be the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. “I’m the Greatest” became Ali’s catchphrase even before it was true.
“It’s not bragging if you can back it up,” Ali once said.
But there was one person (besides himself) who Ali also called “The Greatest” – The King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley.
Ali was a huge Elvis fan. In the 1970s, when asked who his favorite singer was, Ali said that Presley was his second favorite only to Sam Cooke.
“When I was 15 years old and saw Elvis on TV, I wanted to be Elvis,” recalled Ali to his friend, Tim Shanahan, author of Running with The Champ. “Other kids in the neighborhood were listening to Ray Charles and James Brown, but I listened to Elvis. I admired him so much and I decided that if I was going to be famous, I’d do it just like him. He’s one of the reasons I wanted to entertain people and be loved by the people and make the girls admire me so much.”
As a young teenager, Ali was influenced watching Elvis become successful during his breakthrough year of 1956. He was particularly impacted when Elvis followed through on his promise to buy his mother a car and a house when he became rich.
“I was 14 years old when I heard Elvis say that, and that made me want to do the same thing,” Ali remembered. “I said, ‘When I get rich and famous I’m going to buy my mother a car and then a house.’ After my first pro fight, I bought my mother a pink Cadillac… And after my second fight I bought my folks a house. Just like Elvis.”
Elvis Presley and Muhammad Ali first met in February 1973 in Las Vegas and were photographed together. Presley presented Ali with a custom-designed robe made especially for Ali. The bejeweled white robe had a similar look to the jumpsuits that Presley wore on stage at the time. Ali reciprocated by giving Elvis boxing gloves that he signed: “Elvis, You are the Greatest. From Muhammad Ali. Peace 1973.”
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