Elmo Henderson, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Elmo Henderson

boxer from Texas

Date of Birth: 08-Apr-1935

Place of Birth: Corpus Christi, Texas, United States

Profession: boxer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Elmo Henderson born April 8, 1935 is an African-American former boxer from Texas.
Despite his dubious claim of a 1972 win against Muhammad Ali in an exhibition match in San Antonio, Texas, he did not become particularly well known in the boxing community; John Spong of the Texas Monthly said that the match was the "shot not heard round the world".
However, people who attended the exhibition say Elmo Henderson did not defeat Ali, and newspaper reports after the exhibition made no mention of Ali losing.
After the match, Henderson became a part of George Foreman's Rumble in the Jungle event in Zaire and won a libel suit against Norman Mailer and Playboy.
As of 2003, Henderson was a homeless man in Austin, Texas.
As of 2015, Henderson lives in a care home in Northern California.