Theo Ehret
Above: Muhammad Ali, Angelo Dundee and Drew Bundini Brown, September 10, 1973Theo Ehret was the house photographer at the Olympic Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles from the mid 1960s until the early 1980s and his evocative work captured the enormous personalities of that era—Muhammad Ali and André the Giant, George Foreman and Roberto Durán, among others.Photos courtesy of Willard Ford.
Clint Eastwood with Alexis Arguello, circa 1977
Olympic exterior, sign reads 'Mando Ramos vs Crawford fight on October 5, 1967
Muhammad Ali, training at the Main Street Gym for the Rumble in the Jungle, 1974
Muhammad Ali vs Ken Norton at the Forum in Inglewood on September 10, 1973
Andre the Giant, Olympic Auditorium, circa 1976
Andre the Giant, Ernie Ladd and others, Olympic Auditorium Battle Royal, 1976
right: Muhammad Ali and George Foreman, Main Street Gym, 1974, and Alexis Arguello, Main Street Gym, 1975
Olympic Auditorium wide view, circa 1975
Sugar Ray Leonard, Main Street Gym, circa 1979
Jerry Quarry and George Johnson, Olympic Auditorium, 1970
Mil Mascaras, Olympic Auditorium, circa 1970
Freddie Blassie, Olympic Auditorium, circa 1970
Frankie Crawford, Olympic Auditorium, circa 1967
Frankie Crawford, Main Street Gym, circa 1969
Unknown, Olympic Auditorium
Don King, LA County Jail, circa 1971, and Marvin Hagler, Olympic Auditorium, April 7, 1978
Hulk Hogan with his Rolls Royce, parking lot of the Olympic Auditorium, circa 1980
Antonio Inoki, circa 1970 and The Iron Sheik, Olympic Auditorium, circa 1980
Cage Match, Olympic Auditorium, Freddie Blassie, circa 1970
Antonio Puddu, Main Street Gym, circa 1970
Alexis Arguello and Sylvester Stallone, Olympic Auditorium,1978 and Edie Williams,1967
Olympic, circa 1969
Mike Weaver, publicity shot, 1983 and Lupe Pintor with Jimmy Lennon Sr. in background, 1980
Exterior, Olympic Auditorium, date unknown
Raul Rojas, Olympic, circa 1976Learn more about Theo Ehret's work on the Vault722 website. Special thanks to Willard Ford.Originally published on FIGHTLAND
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