Some other top sport mash ups

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Muhammad Ali v Japanese wrestler,

About 1.4 billion TV viewers in 34 countries watched world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, then aged 34, take on Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki at Tokyo’s Nippon Budokan Hall. Even now there are differing stories about the rules of the contest, but whatever they were, Inoki spent most of the fight on the floor kicking out at Ali’s legs. The so-called “Bout of the Century” ended a disappointing bore draw.

Tennis’ battle of the sexes,

He’d already beaten Margaret Court, and before he played Billie Jean King, 29, Bobby Riggs, 55, said: “I’ll tell you why I’ll win. She’s a woman and they don’t have the emotional stability.” King won 6-4 6-3 6-3 in front of 30,000 in Houston and 90 million people on TV. MUSCLED OUT King beat Riggs

F1 car v fighter jet,

At the wheel of his Ferrari, six times Formula One champion Michael Schumacher [he would go on to win seven in total], took on an Italian Air Force Eurofighter Typhoon piloted by former Italian astronaut Maurizo Cheli. The races were over 600m, 900m and 1,200m at Baccarini military airport. The German racer won over the shortest distance but lost the other two races, blaming a wet track.

Greyhound v race horse,

The venue was Kempton Park racecourse, in Surrey, which should have favoured six year-old bay gelding Tiny Tim. But eight year-old greyhound Simply Fabulous won by 15 dog lengths over the 400m course in 23.29secs to earn extra helpings of his favourite meal – bangers and mash.