{"id":83850,"date":"2022-11-17T11:09:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T17:09:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/?p=83850"},"modified":"2022-11-17T11:09:21","modified_gmt":"2022-11-17T17:09:21","slug":"on-this-day-in-history-muhammad-ali-defended-his-nabf-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wbcboxing.com\/en\/on-this-day-in-history-muhammad-ali-defended-his-nabf-title\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in History, Muhammad Ali defended his NABF title"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>On This Day in History, Muhammad Ali defended his NABF title<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>November 17<sup>th<\/sup>, 1971.-<\/p>\n<p>Muhammad Ali defended the North American Boxing Federation heavyweight title after defeating Buster Mathis by UD in a 12 rounds battle. The fight was at the Astrodome of Houston, Texas. The Referee was Chris Jordan and the Judges were Ernie Taylor and Earl Keel. 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