Muhammad Ali’s legendary career ended on December 11 almost 40 years ago in a heartbreaking and farcical fashion

DECEMBER 11 is a date that historians have got their teeth stuck into.

It was on that day in 1936 when a sombre King Edward VIII broadcast to a shocked nation that he was giving up the crown to marry Wallis Simpson.

Disney General Entertainment ConMuhammad Ali hung up his gloves after his bout with Trevor Berbick in 1981[/caption] Getty - ContributorThe heavyweight king abdicated after 21 years in and out of the ring[/caption]

And a week from Saturday, it will be the...