CORRECTS TO 1976, NOT 1979 - FILE - Japan's pro-wrestler-turned-parliamentarian Kanji "Antonio" Inoki prepares to leave Hong Kong on Sept. 7, 2018, for North Korea via Beijing, China. A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, has died at 79. The New Japan Pro-Wrestling Co. says Inoki, who was battling an illness, died earlier Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) FILE PHOTO ;