Feb. 25, 1964: A crowd of 8,297 saw a brash 22-year-old named Cassius Clay live up to the oversized hype he created ahead of the world heavyweight title fight against champion Sonny Liston in ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) – When a young boxer named Cassius Clay walked into the ring on Miami ... put together an exhibit of never-before-seen photos and memorabilia from that historic night in Miami.

CINCINNATI, Ohio. Oct. 1. Hon. Cassius M. Clay yesterday morning shot and instantly killed a negro named Perry White. Gen. Clay had employed White's mother as a cook, but finding she had been ...

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 proverbial towel before round ...

On this day - February 25, 1964 - Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title. Sports Illustrated magazine named the February 25, 1964 Clay - Liston fight (Clay had not yet ...

Cassius Clay whipped Sonny Liston here Tuesday night and won the heavyweight championship of the world, fair and square. When the bell sounded for Round Seven, Liston didn’t come out.

Cassius Clay won his Olympic gold medal in 1960 as a whip-thin light-heavyweight three months out of high school. The bravura, the quips, the manipulation of opponents and the media – in short ...