Richard dunn paratrooper pictures

Richard Dunn, 76, was among a handful of UK fighters to battle the famous heavyweight, nicknamed The Greatest.

Relatives have appealed to find film of his 1976 European title win that set up the Ali fight later that year.

They are desperate for Dunn, who now has Alzheimer's and dementia, to relive the "magnificent" moment.

The April 1976 victory, which saw the former paratrooper topple German Bernd August, was broadcast by the BBC but no copy is in its archive.

A short clip of the action featured when the West Yorkshire-born fighter appeared on TV's This is your Life, but he has not seen the full match for more than 40 years.

"It's gone, it's not anywhere", said son-in-law, Greg Scott.

Though his short-term memory is now "shot to pieces", Mr Scott said, Dunn's recollection "of things 45 years ago is as good as a