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Back then, Ali was still known as Cassius Clay, and at 22, he fought Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title at the Convention Hall in Miami. Heading into the contest, Liston was highly favoured ...

Cassius Clay beats Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion of the world; +Sidney Poitier wins the academy award for best actor; +Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. becomes the youngest recipient (35 ...

Clay had not been favored to win the February ... Ali then proceeded to beat Liston with his infamous “phantom punch.” The following year, at a press conference ahead of a fight with Cleveland ...

When Sonny Liston stepped into the ring in Miami Beach on February 25, 1964, he was widely expected to leave it the way he entered: as heavyweight champion of the world. Of the top 10 ranked ...

Twenty-two-year-old Clay achieved the unthinkable by dethroning Liston, who was then the world heavyweight boxing champion, according to History.com. Ali beat the steep odds by winning the fight ...

“When you saw me in the boxing ring fighting, it wasn’t just so I could beat my ... s not like Clay hadn’t spoken his mind before. The incessant trash talk and taunting of Liston made ...