Editing Muhammad Ali (section)

===''The Super Fight''===
{{Main|The Super Fight}}
While banned from sanctioned bouts, Ali settled a $1&nbsp;million lawsuit against radio producer Murray Woroner by accepting $10,000 to appear in a privately staged fantasy fight against retired champion Rocky Marciano.<ref name="Enterprise News Sep 2009">{{cite news |title=Ali vs. Marciano: Who wins? |url=http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20090901/News/309019646 |work=The Enterprise |date=September 1, 2009 |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=September 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160914161353/http://www.enterprisenews.com/article/20090901/News/309019646 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 1969 the boxers were filmed sparring for about 75 one-minute rounds; they produced several potential outcomes.<ref name="The Guardian Nov 2012">{{cite news |title=The forgotten story of ... the Rocky Marciano v Muhammad Ali Super Fight |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/nov/13/forgotten-story-rocky-marciano-muhammad-ali |date=November 13, 2012 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=July 19, 2016 |archive-date=July 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725193639/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2012/nov/13/forgotten-story-rocky-marciano-muhammad-ali |url-status=live }}</ref> A computer program purportedly determined the winner, based on data about the fighters, along with the opinions of approximately 250 boxing experts. Edited versions of the bout were shown in movie theaters in 1970. In the U.S. version Ali lost in a simulated 13th-round knockout, but in the European version Marciano lost due to cuts, also simulated.<ref name="Bingham 218">{{cite book |title=Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight: Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America |url=https://archive.org/details/muhammadalisgrea0000bing |url-access=registration |first1=Howard |last1=Bingham |first2=Max |last2=Wallace |publisher=M. Evans |page=[https://archive.org/details/muhammadalisgrea0000bing/page/218 218] |year=2000|isbn=978-0-87131-900-5 }}</ref>

Ali suggested that prejudice determined his defeat in the U.S. version; he was reported to have jokingly said, "That computer was made in [[Alabama]]."<ref name="Enterprise News Sep 2009" />