Just before the bell for the seventh round, Cassius Clay got up to go about his job. Suddenly, he thrust his arms straight up in the air in the signal with which boxers are accustomed to treat ...

“And in this Corner: Cassius Clay” tells the story of a young boy growing up in segregated Louisville, Kentucky, who eventually becomes boxing legend Muhammad Ali. “After researching what ...

Cassius was named in honor of the legendary boxer Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali. His immense size ...

On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach, Florida. And oh boy ...

Laura Clay, one of Cassius Clay’s daughters, was born in 1849 at White Hall, near Richmond. She was raised largely by her mother while her father pursued political ambitions as an abolitionist.

All the crow in China wouldn't be enough to satisfy the appetites of the cognoscenti of the boxing world tonight as young Cassius Marcellus Clay demolished the legend of Sonny Liston with a seven ...

CASSIUS M. CLAY and ELWOOD FISHER, between whom we have report of certain passadoes on these high historic themes. CASSIUS, it seems, had been broaching the former theory, when FISHER made the ...

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 ...

“And in this Corner: Cassius Clay” runs Feb. 21 through March 2 at the Theatre Guild, 2519 Northwestern Ave. This play tells the story of Cassius Clay Jr., starting long before the world knew ...