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Mar 28

ABC Drops “Fight of the Week”

Mar. 28, 1964 - Don Dunphy may become the loneliest man in town next September when the “Fight of the Week” is dropped by ABC. He has...

Mar 23

Clay Still Champ in NY

Mar. 23, 1964 - The New York State Athletic Commission, in opposition to a move underway in the World Boxing Association, said today it...

Mar 22

WBA Seeks to Take Clay’s Title

Mar. 22, 1964 - The World Boxing Association began immediate steps today to take the world’s heavyweight championship title away from...

Mar 21

Patterson Tormented by Clay’s Taunts

Mar. 21, 1964 - Floyd Patterson thinks he can beat Cassius Clay. “I’m faster and can hit harder than Clay,” Patterson said at his camp in...

Mar 20

Cassius Clay Speaks Out

Mar. 20, 1964 - Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay, rejected today by the U.S. Army, said he hopes to fight again within three months and...

Mar 18

Clay Fails Selective Service Mental Test

Mar. 18, 1964 - Heavyweight champion Cassius Clay was reported today to have failed the arithmetic section of a Selective Service...

Mar 16

Clay’s Manager Rejects Free Fight with Patterson

Mar. 16, 1964 - Cassius Clay’s manager, Bill Faversham (right with Angelo Dundee), rejected today a proposed winner-take-all heavyweight...

Mar 14

Cassius Clay Now “Muhammad Ali”

Mar. 14, 1964 - Cassius Clay arrived in Chicago last night for a meeting with “my honorable teacher, the honorable Elijah Muhammad,”...

Mar 13

Eddie Cotton KO’s Johnny Persol

Mar. 13, 1964 - Eddie Cotton of Seattle, who maintained that he was the victim of a hometown decision in his loss to Johnny Persol of...

Mar 13

Clay Takes Army Exam

Mar. 13, 1964 - A drowsy Cassius Clay sprawled on a living room sofa of his home in Louisville this afternoon. The heavyweight champ...

Mar 13

Jack Dempsey Speaks out on Liston and Clay

Mar. 13, 1964 - “A real champion doesn’t quit sitting on his pants in his corner,” Jack Dempsey said today. He was talking about Sonny...

Mar 12

Doug Jones Wants Shot at Clay’s Title

Mar. 12, 1964 - Doug Jones of New York, recently rated No. 1 challenger for Cassius Clay’s heavyweight championship, today started...

Mar 11

Griffith-Duran Bout Ruled “No Contest”

Mar. 11, 1964 - A nontitle bout between the world welterweight champion, Emile Griffith of the United States, and Juan Carlos Duran of...

Mar 11

Liston Arrested in Denver

Mar. 11, 1964 - Sonny Liston, former heavyweight boxing champion, was arrested last night in Denver by a traffic officer who said Liston...

Mar 8

Cassius Clay Goes Home to Louisville

Mar. 8, 1964 - A subdued Cassius Clay returned home to Louisville yesterday, and a crowd of 400 greeted him at Standiford Field....

Mar 7

Patterson Offers to Fight Clay for Free

Mar. 7, 1964 - Former heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson offered today to fight for free against new champion Cassius Clay in order to...

Mar 6

Cassius Clay to Add “X” to Name

Mar. 6, 1964 - The new heavyweight boxing champion confirmed today that he was changing his name to “Cassius X Clay” to conform with...

Mar 4

[VIDEO] Mar. 4, 1964 | Cassius Clay and Malcolm X Interview

Mar. 4, 1964 - Cassius Clay told African and Asian delegates to the United Nations today that he “couldn’t wait” to visit their...

Mar 3

[VIDEO] Mar. 3, 1964 | Cassius Clay and Sam Cooke Interview

Mar. 3, 1964 - Cassius Clay, the world heavyweight champion, spent two hours in a Columbia Records studio at 799 Seventh Avenue today...

Mar 1

Sugar Ramos KO’s Mitsunori Seki in Tokyo

Mar. 1, 1964 - The world featherweight champion, Sugar Ramos, retained his title tonight in Tokyo with a sixth-round technical knockout...