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 first ...

A lot of people think so, including boxing insiders. Many others don't believe it. Some think Liston may have thrown the second fight in Lewiston, Maine, but not the first one. In any case, ...

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 ...

Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston face off in a WBA/WBC World Heavyweight fight in this Miami Herald archive photo By Zachary Fagenson MIAMI BEACH, Florida (Reuters) - Fifty years ago, an upstart American ...

The first tremors were felt in Miami, late in the night of Feb. 25, 1964, but early in the fight. Late in the first round, the challenger, a kid with a big mouth, began tagging the champ, who was as ...

He had come in pounding the cane Malcolm X had given him for spiritual support, chanting “I am the greatest, I am the champ, he is a chump.” Ray Robinson, that picture of grace who is Clay’s ideal as ...

Ready to press play on 'Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I' tonight? Here are some useful notes to know before watching about the flick. Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I starring Muhammad Ali, Sonny ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. 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 ...