The Everlast boxing trunks worn by Muhammad Ali during his World Heavyweight Title fight v Jimmy Young on 30th April 1976 in Landover, Maryland, the s

The Everlast boxing trunks worn by Muhammad Ali during his World Heavyweight Title fight v Jimmy Young on 30th April 1976 in Landover, Maryland, the satin trunks are white with black trim with the maker's label on the front elasticated waistband, reading the ''Everlast, Made in U.S.A., Made Expressly For MUHAMMAD ALI''; sold with a file of authenticity documentation (2) Provenance: The shorts were originally acquired by Eddie Brown, a friend of Muhammad Ali, from Ali's Deer Lake training camp shortly after the fight. They are accompanied by a copy of a signed LOA from Eddie Brown stating that they ''were given to me from Muhammad Ali right after the Jimmy Young fight and can be attributed to that fight.'' In addition there's an accompanying LOA handwritten by Bob Case, former Vice President of the International Boxing Association, who confirms that he knew Eddie Brown and that he was ''best friends'' with Ali's then-cornerman Drew ''Bundini'' Brown. The trunks have been evaluated by industry leaders MEARS (Memorabilia Evaluation And Research Services) who concluded that they are authentic and have supplied their own multiple page LOA. Muhammad Ali won his fight against Jimmy Young through a fifteen round unanimous decision. The three judges awarded the decision to Ali by scores of 72-65, 70-68 and 71-64. The Associated Press reported: ''Ali seemed content to toy in the first four rounds, doing very little fighting. He then began coming on in the fifth round and started landing with power, although he still missed much more than he usually does. Ali's best round seemed to be the ninth, when he went up on his toes and snapped home at least 25 punishing jabs to Young's face. But then he went flat-footed again and, while landing some good rights, he was the target of several hard rights in the final three rounds when Young came on strong. It was the only time in the fight that Young was the actual aggressor and that lack of aggressiveness early on cost him dearly.'' It was around 1972 that boxing equipment manufacturer Everlast began to supply Muhammad Ali with specially made equipment produced exclusively for Ali by the company with this special tagging. The only other instance where the equipment giant had previously administered such exclusive labelling was for boxing legend Joe Louis.