Muhammad Ali vs. Jean-Pierre Coopman

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Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali continues his road show of title defenses in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where he makes easy work of Belgian challenger Jean-Pierre Coopman. Unable to psyche Coopman out verbally due to a language barrier, Ali uses body language to show he is in full control. Fulfilling a fifth-round knockout prediction, Ali hammers Coopman with a barrage of punches that results in the challenger collapsing face first into the ropes. Stopping to tend to a cut over his eye, Coopman fails to beat the count of Referee Ismael Quinones Falu.