Clay controlled the fight with his jab- 74% of his landed punches were jabs. Clay landed an avg. of just four power shots per round- enough to cut & bruise Liston around both eyes. Liston had a ...

On the morning of Feb. 24, 1964, I sat in my office reviewing last minute details to the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston fight to take place later that night at the Miami Beach Convention Center, when ...

When Sonny Liston stepped into the ring in Miami Beach on February 25, 1964, he was widely expected to leave it the way he entered: as heavyweight champion of the world. Of the top 10 ranked ...

On the morning of Feb. 24, 1964, I sat in my office reviewing last minute details to the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston fight to take place later that night at the Miami Beach Convention Center, when ...

World Heavyweight Championship Fight Closed-Circuit Telecast SONNY LISTON (Champion) Vs. Cassius Clay (Challenger) Large Screen Tuesday, February 25, 1964 LOWEST PRICE IN N.Y. — $5.75 ...

Fifty years ago Tuesday, a brash youngster named Cassius Clay upset Sonny Liston, winning boxing's heavyweight title and starting his legend.

The front page of the Deseret News on Feb. 26, 1964, reporting on and offering commentary on Cassius Clay's upset win over Sonny Liston in a heavyweight boxing title bout.

Today’s Highlight in History: On Feb. 25, 1964, Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) became world heavyweight boxing champion as he defeated Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.

Cassius Clay had won Olympic gold as a light heavyweight at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, finished his amateur career with a record of 100-5, and was 19-0 as a professional.

The early career of boxer Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, as he prepares for a title fight against Sonny Liston, while struggling to come to terms with his private and public personas.

Cassius Clay looks ahead. Not to his next $1,000,000, of course: that is already assured if Sonny Liston can only learn how to drive a Cadillac in a straight line. But after Liston, what? Champion ...