July 14, 1979 – Lyle Alzado vs. Muhammad Ali at Mile High Stadium Program

July 14, 1979 – Lyle Alzado vs. Muhammad Ali at Mile High Stadium Program

Lyle Alzado fights Muhammad Ali July 14, 1979 Popular Broncos defensive end Lyle Alzado was a former Golden Gloves boxer who once won 27 bouts in a row. He also had his sights set on Hollywood and loved to put on a show. But his eight-round exhibition bout won by former world champion Muhammad Ali was one of the more embarrassing and sparsely attended spectacles held at Mile High. How embarrassing? In the middle of the bout, bored fans began chanting, “De-fense! De-fense!”