By February 1967, Joe had scored 14 wins and his star was beginning to rise. This culminated with his first appearance on the cover of "Ring Magazine". That month, he met Ali, who had not yet been stripped of his title. Ali said that Joe would never stand a chance of "whipping" him even in his wildest dreams. Later that year, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his world heavyweight title because of his refusal to accept the military draft during the Vietnam War.