Muhammad Ali: Tyneside 1977

In 1977, Muhammad Ali was the world heavyweight champion and at the peak of his prime.

Johnny Walker was a painter and decorator living in South Tyneside, a world far removed from the 'king of boxing'.

However, Johnny possessed a longheld dream, which was labelled as impossible at the time.

He wanted to convince the then highest paid and most famous sportsman of his time to come to Tyneside.

Johnny had no major funds, only a dream; Ali had earned $6 million for his last paid fortyfive minutes of work against Ken Norton.