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Like most boxing fans, Howard Cosell figured 32-year-old Muhammad Ali had no chance to regain the world heavyweight title whe he stepped into the ring to face 25-year-old George Foreman in Zaire in 1974. (Ali won by an eighth-round knockout.) In 1964 Cosell picked Sonny Liston to beat Ali (then Cassius Clay) in one round. Clay won the title that night when Liston failed to come out for the seventh round.
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Added: 17th October 2007
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The most controversial heavyweight title fight of all time: The Ali-Liston rematch in Lewiston, Maine; May 25, 1965. Watch Muhammad Ali (who was not known for his power)knock out the fearsome Sonny Liston with the infamous phantom punch. Renowned boxing journalist Red Smith declared, 'I saw the punch. It wouldn't have crushed a grape.'
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Added: 29th November 2007
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Charles (Sonny) Liston won the world heavyweight title on September 25, 1962 by knocking out defending champion Floyd Patterson in the first round of their bout in Chicago.
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Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali graces the cover of the April 1964 edition of The Ring magazine, modestly proclaiming himself to be 'the king' after his title-winning upset over Sonny Liston in February. After his victory, Clay announced to the world that he was shedding his 'slave name.' He briefly called himself 'Cassius X' before adopting the name Muhammad Ali. Nevertheless, many media folks continued to refer to him as Cassius Clay well into the 1970s.
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Added: 5th February 2008
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It's February 22, 1964 in Miami Beach. Cassius Clay has just pulled off a monumental upset of feared titlist Sonny Liston to become the new world heavyweight champion. He proceeds to tell the folks watching at the closed-circuit venues how great he is.
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Added: 26th April 2008
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