December 11, 1981
SelecTV Broadcast
Queen Elizabeth Sports Centre, Nassau, Bahamas
Ten months after a brutal TKO loss to Larry Holmes, Ali would return to the ring to face future WBC heavyweight champion Trevor Berbick in a bout that would be billed the "Drama in Bahama".
For seven rounds the fight was actually close as Berbick failed to land a single telling blow and Ali did just enough to make it competitive. Over the final three rounds Berbick would dominate on his way to a unamious decision.
The fight would be Ali's last, ending his career with a record of 56-5 (37 KO). Just three years later in 1984 Ali would be diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome.
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