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 ...

The skinny: Hunsaker was the police chief of Fayetteville, W.Va., when he fought Cassius Clay, who won a six-round unanimous decision. Hunsaker’s eyes were swollen shut by the end of the fight ...

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.

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.

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 ...

It’s the story of Cassius Clay. If you turn right, you’re headed toward the one-story cottage on Grand Avenue where he grew up. If you turn left, you’re headed toward the building on South ...

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 ...

They wound up the Cassius Clay doll Friday night at the Sports Arena and it fought like a champion. The strutting, 20-year-old Louisville Lip, as good as his prediction, erupted with two ...