1960s Timeline

July 23, 1963 - At his post-fight press conference last night (pictured), Sonny Liston was unmarked and there was no sweat on his face....

July 23, 1963 - Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis said today he believed Floyd Patterson would retire. “After the knockout last...

July 23, 1963 - A thoroughly vanquished Floyd Patterson, wearing a white fishing cap and a sport shirt, said last night after his second...

July 22, 1963 - Charles (Sonny) Liston blasted Floyd Patterson into oblivion after 2 minutes 10 seconds of fighting tonight at the Las...

July 22, 1963 - Enjoy tonight's heavyweight championship fight at Convention Hall in Las Vegas: Sonny Liston vs. Floyd Patterson. Sonny,...

July 21, 1963 - Cassius Clay (pictured last month with a young fan in Great Britain), who mixes pugilism and poetry, will be one of...

July 20, 1963 - Charles (Sonny) Liston (pictured with 11-year-old Mike Zwerner, a family friend), who won the heavyweight championship of...

July 18, 1963 - Undefeated heavyweight Cassius Clay made a loud landing in Las Vegas today and immediately delivered his forecast for...

July 17, 1963 - “I won’t run,” said Floyd Patterson today as the challenger and heavyweight champion Sonny Liston wound up boxing drills...

July 16, 1963 - Cus D’Amato (left in 1957), manager of Floyd Patterson (right), admitted in Las Vegas today that “it’ll take the greatest...

July 9, 1963 - Jack Dempsey (left in 1924) arrived in Miami to be a pallbearer at the funeral of Jack (Doc) Kearns (right), the shrewd,...

July 5, 1963 - Cassius Clay responds to a report that he had been seen wearing a Black Muslim star-and-crescent membership pin and had...

June 21, 1963 - Sonny Liston says he has unfinished business with Floyd Patterson and then he will take care of Cassius Clay “and his big...

June 19, 1963 - Cassius Clay, the undefeated heavyweight fighter home from his conquest of England, had a lot to say today at New York’s...

June 18, 1963 - Cassius Clay wearily reclined on a rubbing table at Wembley Stadium after his fifth round TKO victory over Britain’s...

June 18, 1963 - Cassius Clay knocked out Henry Cooper in the fifth round tonight in London, England, just as he predicted he would. Clay...

June 9, 1963 - Emile Griffith last night became the first boxer to capture the welterweight title three times. But it was an achievement...

June 3, 1963 - Cassius Clay (pictured today clowning with 6-year-old fan Patrick Power), disappointed by reaction to his boasts about...

May 27, 1963 - Heavyweight contender Cassius Clay (seated right) says the trouble with Sonny Liston is that he is too ugly. “He’s nothing...

Apr. 24, 1963 - Arrangements were completed today for a return match between the heavyweight champion, Sonny Liston, and Floyd Patterson....