Drama in Bahama exhausted. Sportswriter Hugh McIlvanney, who witnessed the fight, wrote: Drama in Bahama Drama in Bahama was a ten-round boxing match that took place between Muhammad Ali and Trevor Berbick in Nassau, Bahamas on December 11, 1981. Ali was 39 years old at this time, and Berbick was 27 years old. The fight went the distance with Berbick winning through a unanimous decision on points. This was Ali's last boxing match. Prior to the fight, Ali claimed that he had been declared fit by "even the best white doctors." Nevertheless, the venue for the fight—Nassau in the Bahamas—was chosen because no
Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki crutch, to use after he had been thrown from the ring. Inoki said afterwards: "I don't know how seriously Muhammad Ali is taking the fight, but if he doesn't take it seriously, he could suffer damage. I'm going in there fighting. I may even break his arm". On the day of the fight Ali made a scene upon his arrival at the airport, bellowing "There will be no Pearl Harbor! Muhammad Ali has returned! There will be no Pearl Harbor!" as he walked past the mass of journalists. Anticipation for the fight was huge; it would be broadcast to 34