Marciano: “Floyd Should Think About Retirement”
July 23, 1963 - Former heavyweight champion Joe Louis said today he believed Floyd Patterson would retire. “After the knockout last...
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Jul 23, 2023
Floyd: “I Feel Disgraced”
July 23, 1963 - A thoroughly vanquished Floyd Patterson, wearing a white fishing cap and a sport shirt, said last night after his second...
Jul 22, 2023
🚨Liston K.O.’s Patterson in First Round Again
July 22, 1963 - Charles (Sonny) Liston blasted Floyd Patterson into oblivion after 2 minutes 10 seconds of fighting tonight at the Las...
Jul 21, 2023
Clay To Serve as ABC Radio Commentator for Liston-Patterson Fight
July 21, 1963 - Cassius Clay (pictured last month with a young fan in Great Britain), who mixes pugilism and poetry, will be one of...
Jul 20, 2023
Liston Odds To Beat Patterson Are 4-to-1
July 20, 1963 - Charles (Sonny) Liston (pictured with 11-year-old Mike Zwerner, a family friend), who won the heavyweight championship of...
Jul 18, 2023
Clay Makes Loud Landing In Vegas, Gives Floyd No Chance Against Liston
July 18, 1963 - Undefeated heavyweight Cassius Clay made a loud landing in Las Vegas today and immediately delivered his forecast for...
Jul 5, 2023
Cassius Clay Denies Link to Black Muslims
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...
Jun 21, 2023
Liston on Clay: “He’ll Get It”
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...
Jun 3, 2023
Cassius Clay: “English Don’t Understand Me”
June 3, 1963 - Cassius Clay (pictured today clowning with 6-year-old fan Patrick Power), disappointed by reaction to his boasts about...
May 27, 2023
Clay on Liston: “Nothing but a Tramp”
May 27, 1963 - Heavyweight contender Cassius Clay (seated right) says the trouble with Sonny Liston is that he is too ugly. “He’s nothing...
Jan 24, 2023
Clay Defeats Powell in Three Rounds, As Predicted
Jan. 24, 1963 - Cassius Clay, self-proclaimed “Louisville Lip,” disposed of a former professional football player, Charlie Powell, in...
Jan 23, 2023
Cassius Clay: Powell Must “Go In Three”
Jan. 23, 1963 - “So you people will believe in me, Powell must now go in three.” So reads the latest entry in the verse anthology of...
Nov 16, 2022
Liston: Clay Won’t Last Eight Seconds
Nov. 16, 1962 - World heavyweight champion Sonny Liston said today he would defend his title “wherever the price is right.” Both Liston...
Nov 16, 2022
Clay: I’ll KO Liston in 8 Rounds, Maybe 6
Nov. 16, 1962 - Following his devastating four-round victory over Archie Moore at the Los Angeles Sports Arena last night, cocky...
Nov 15, 2022
As He Predicted, Clay KO’s Moore in Fourth Round
Nov. 15, 1962 - Just as he predicted, brash young Cassius Clay knocked out aging Archie Moore tonight in 1 minute 35 seconds of the...
Nov 15, 2022
Clay-Moore Fight a Sellout
Nov. 15, 1962 - Cassius Clay takes the biggest step in his brief boxing career tonight when he enters the ring against the experienced...
Nov 12, 2022
Cassius Clay to Fight Archie Moore Thursday
Nov. 12, 1962 - Twenty-year-old heavyweight Cassius Clay will face Archie Moore— who is anywhere from 42 to 50 depending on who you ask —...
Aug 9, 2022
Cassius Clay to Fight Archie Moore in Los Angeles Oct. 23
Aug. 9, 1962 - Archie Moore and undefeated Cassius Clay signed today to meet in Los Angeles in a 12-round heavyweight fight on Oct. 23....
May 23, 2022
Evening Report: May 23, 1962
Headlines: President Kennedy takes on the AMA; in Vietnam, an American general’s son is wounded; Martin Luther King predicts the future;...
May 19, 2022
(VIDEO) Cassius Clay vs. Billy Daniels at St. Nicholas Arena
May 19, 1962 - Cassius Clay, whose ebullient personality and knockout predictions have brought a refreshing breeze to boxing, scored a...
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