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25 February 1964 ... It is 40 years since the young, brash Cassius Clay (later changed to Muhammad Ali) upset the boxing form-book by taking the world heavyweight title from the fearsome Charles 'Sonny' Liston. Neither boxing nor the world has been the same since. Clayton Goodwin reports.
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The day after his triumph, the victor changed his name to Muhammad Ali and for the rest of his career (and for many years since) he was acclaimed to be one of the best-known people on the earth. It is quite a claim for a mere pugilist, but, then, Muhammad Ali hasn't been a "mere" anything and he did revolutionise boxing and the world.
The young challenger confused and humiliated Liston, a knockout specialist who was considered to be well-nigh invincible, by his unorthodox tactics. He feigned fear, ran unashamedly before him, and just when the champion thought he was fighting a coward, Ali turned and counterattacked with speed and ferocity.
Liston had faced nothing like it in his long career inside and outside the ring, inside and outside prison. He quit sitting on his...
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