Muhammad Ali won the heavyweight championship with a 7th round TKO of Sonny Liston on February 25, 1964 in Miami. 7 a.m. - Classic Wide World of Sports - Ali and Cosell: A partnership begins 8 a.m ...

Lauded by his opponents for his overwhelming power, Shavers fought in two heavyweight title fights, suffering defeats in each. In 1977, he lost to Muhammad Ali for the WBA and WBC belts at Madison ...

NEW YORK (WFAN/AP) --In his hotel room the morning after, Muhammad Ali nursed a swollen jaw as the room service waiter arrived with breakfast and good wishes for the man he called champ.

Hurt badly by Shavers in the second round, Ali rebounded and outboxed Shavers throughout to build a lead on points before Shavers came on again in the later rounds. Seemingly exhausted going into ...

Earnie Shavers said modern heavyweights "were not fit to carry Muhammad Ali's gym bag", on the occasion of his old rival's 70th birthday. Shavers lost a 15-round decision to Ali in 1977 ...

When Muhammad Ali finally walked into the room to talk to the media 45 minutes after his fight with Earnie Shavers, his face was grotesquely swollen. Ali had defeated Shavers in a 15-round ...

"Muhammad Ali pictures everywhere. Then when I heard I got to be on the card I was like 'Well, yeah.'" Organizers dubbed the 10 fight card the Rudell Stitch Classic. Stitch, a former sparing ...

Earnie Shavers said modern heavyweights "were not fit to carry Muhammad Ali's gym bag", on the occasion of his old rival's 70th birthday. Shavers lost a 15-round decision to Ali in 1977 ...