Fight poster featuring Muhammad Ali and George Foreman

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A 1974 poster for the World Heavyweight Championship Fight between Muhammad Ali vs. George Foreman. The top of the poster has black text that reads [From Slaveship to Championship]. Below that text, in the top proper right corner, there is a depiction of a ship on the ocean. Below the ship, three enslaved individuals are held in chains. On the proper left side, there is a depiction of a man and a woman. In between the two depictions, two hands with chains around the wrists reach for one another. At the center of the poster there is a depiction of George Foreman on the proper right and Muhammad Ali on the proper left in front of an image of Africa. Both are depicted from the waist up, wearing boxing gloves and raising their fists in a boxing stance.

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