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The Single Greatest Muhammad Ali Photo Ever Taken. 🥊🐐

"Muhammad Ali knocks out Cleveland Williams in 3 rounds in Houston, Texas on November 14, 1966."

This photo was taken by Neil Leifer and it is way harder than you could imagine.

He had 20 frames in his camera, so he had to carefully choose when he should've taken the picture. Also he couldn't see from the camera perspective, since he was on the ground while the camera was hung over the ring. So he had to guess when to press the remote in order to get the perfect shot.

He did it: Ali is walking away triumphant and he's not being covered by the mic, while his opponent is knocked out on the left side of the other mic and we can see him laying on the ground.