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Fifty years ago, Cassius Clay ‘shook up the world’ by winning the heavyweight title – and

Marqusee, Mike
http://www.redpepper.org.uk/fifty-years-ago-cassius-clay/

Publisher:  Red Pepper
Year Published:  2014  
Resource Type:  Article

The victory of the underdog who became Muhammad Ali – and how it wasn't just sport's hierarchies that were rocked by it. On the night of February 25, 1964, the 22 year old Cassius Clay defeated the supposedly undefeatable Sonny Liston to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

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