In the end, then, its garrulous chronicle of its subject’s peccadilloes notwithstanding, the obituary of Cassius Marcellus Clay is every ... to tabloid revelations, bitter rejoinders and the ...

Some people say that my friend Cassius Clay is an arrogant ... Returning to the old neighborhoods in Louisville’s West End where he lived in a ghetto-like environment seems to recharge his ...

when he fought Cassius Clay, who won a six-round unanimous decision. Hunsaker’s eyes were swollen shut by the end of the fight, and afterward he said, “Clay was as fast as lightning.

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs); was born Cassius ... saw Clay troubled by his opponent’s awkward southpaw stance, which saw the American fighter take some heavy shots. Towards the end of the ...

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 ...

"It was very easy to find Cassius Clay in Louisville," recalls Kindred. "You just went to the west end of town and asked, 'Anybody seen Cassius?'" After that first interview, explained Kindred ...

Detroit – I was 6 years old and I had never heard of the name Cassius. But that was the name of this young boxer, Cassius Clay. I liked ... at a bar in the South End of Boston in 1996, when ...

One could safely argue that he’s trying to provoke Booth, not insult Clay/Ali. Booth retorts that Lee would end up “a stain on the seat of Cassius Clay’s trunks,” and Booth and Lee fight.

At the end of this round, Liston's corner will call the doctor to the ring and – over the champion's protest – stop the fight. Born January 17, 1942, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Junior ...