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American Heavyweight boxer, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali, 1942 – 2016), making a fist as he lies on his hotel bed, London, 27th May 1963. Clay is in London for a match against Henry Cooper ...

Cassius Clay was a towering young braggart, but as much as he used his mouth, the real music was in his hands. In January of 1964 he hadn’t done much worth talking about yet in professional ...

World heavyweight champion Mohammed Ali, formerly Cassius Clay, is interviewed by a reporter in front of the United Nations with his brother, Rudolph Valentino Clay, Black Muslim leader Malcolm X ...

Cassius Clay, then 17 years old, won the 175-pound Golden Gloves championship by defeating Australian Anthony Madigan in three rounds on March 25, 1959, at Chicago Stadium.

Read TIME's Mar. 22, 1963, cover story about Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay ...

You have "Muhammad Ali," and below that, "Cassius Clay, Sr." Which is his father. Many people know, obviously, that Muhammad Ali used to be Cassius Clay. In 1964, he actually converted to Islam.

RACINE — Asked if he would ever get in a ring and box, Shawn Holmes quickly answers “absolutely not.” ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the ...

1964 — Cassius Clay wins the world heavyweight title when Sonny Liston is unable to answer the bell for the seventh round at Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Fla.

RACINE — The latest production at the Racine Theatre Guild invites audiences to “step into the ring with the story of a young boxer on the cusp of greatness.” “And in this Corner: Cassius ...