For reference. You can see him in the audience between Ali’s legs.
Trivia note: Behind him, a couple of rows back, staring in open-mouthed shock is none other than Larry Merchant.
According to this Cracked article, that’s Herb Scharfman. Herb was a more senior photographer who booted Neil Leifer out of his preferred seat.
Neil then went and sat on the other side of the ring and got this picture. At best, Herb got a picture of Ali’s ass. Neil got to take one of the most iconic pictures of Ali’s career.
Thank you. [And that’s even more interesting than Larry Merchant’s appearance.]
Scharfman did have his own iconic boxing photo. [This one](https://www.google.com/search?q=herb+scharfman&biw=1347&bih=1019&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjNmZnqssTNAhVJKCYKHQLLBqgQ_AUIBigB&dpr=0.95\) of Rocky Marciano slugging Jersey Joe Walcott in their first fight. It’s not actually the 13th round KO hit, but a hit from an earlier round that just happened to get it at the right moment.
This is fairly comprehensive story and tells why the other photographer was where he was.