The shorts worn by Muhammad Ali during his famous “Thrilla in Manila” fight in 1975 are expected to smash auction records at Sotheby’s in New York next week.
The white satin Everlast trunks, which Ali signed with a black Sharpie pen, have attracted bids of $3.8m (£3m) in an online auction that closes on 12 April. That puts the trunks on course to become the most expensive item of Ali memorabilia sold at auction. Experts at Sotheby’s said they expected bids to increase to as much as $6m.
