Lot # 2783: December 11, 1981 Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick "Drama in Bahama" Full Ticket PSA EX 5 - Ali's Final Fight - 1 of 2 - Highest Graded!

Exceedingly rare full ticket issued for the heavyweight fight between Muhammad Ali and Trevor Berbick in Nassau, Bahamas, on December 11, 1981. Graded EX 5 by PSA. This is one of only five full tickets for this fight evaluated by PSA, of which two are graded at this level (including the offered) with none higher. Heralded as the "Drama In Bahama," this bout, which was the second of Ali's comeback fights following his 1979 retirement, marked the last professional fight of his career. Being that Ali was well past his prime and that this fight was held in the Bahamas makes items related to this final bout all the rarer. No one knew that this would be Ali's last fight. Unfortunately for Ali and his legion of fans, the former champion was unable to turn back the clock that night. He suffered a somewhat embarrassing loss to the younger Berbick, motivating Ali to hang up his professional boxing gloves for good. This full ticket marks the end of the era of Muhammad Ali as a professional boxer and the beginning of a new era in which Ali concentrated all his efforts on being a spiritual leader and ambassador of peace for the world.