It is one of the most famous moments in sports history: the February 1964 match when a braggadocious 22-year-old named Cassius Clay beat Sonny Liston in Miami Beach to win the world heavyweight ...

Young Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius ... The fight brought 8,300 fans to the Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, to watch the matchup between Liston and Clay, whose nickname back then ...

It was February 1964, and the 22-year-old Clay, whose professional record was an impressive 19-0, was slated to fight Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title in Miami Beach. Hardly anyone in the ...

Such as: “Ali ... Hall of Fame sportswriter Jerry Izenberg, who now makes his home in Henderson, watched from ringside at the Miami Beach Convention Center. Izenberg also remembers Liston ...

After beating Liston ... Ali become world heavyweight champion for the first time,, external they all went back to Malcolm's room at the Hampton House motel, one of the few hotels in Miami ...

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay ... as was the previous Clay-Liston fight in Miami Beach. Today the big money is in television—not betting. The knockout punch itself was thrown with the ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The gloves worn by Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston during their infamous 1965 rematch and a rare century-old signed photo of Shoeless Joe Jackson fetched over $1.1 million total at ...