Sonny Liston had knocked Floyd Patterson out in the first round twice. Cassius Clay was 22 years old, 19-0, and most of the boxing press thought he was about to get hurt. Of the 46 sportswriters at ...

In the aftermath of the Malcolm X assassination and the revelation that Clay himelf was now a possible target of assassins, the Clay-Liston rematch "had a stink about it," as Izenberg phrased it.

Van breaks into elite company in the pound-for-pound rankings with his dominant showing against Alexandre Pantoja, while Tsarukyan and another familiar name crash the party. Alexandre Pantoja has ...

Cassius Clay literally "shook up the world" on February 25, 1964, after defeating Sonny Liston to become the youngest heavy weight champion of the ...

1950 — Detroit’s Wally Triplett gains 294 yards in kickoff returns and ends up with 331 total yards as the Lions pound the Los Angeles Rams 65-24 on 41 third-quarter points. 1960 — Cassius Clay ...

A lot of people think so, including boxing insiders. Many others don't believe it. Some think Liston may have thrown the second fight in Lewiston, Maine, but not the first one. In any case, ...

A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On Feb. 25, 1964, a 22-year-old Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first ...

1950 — Detroit’s Wally Triplett gains 294 yards in kickoff returns and ends up with 331 total yards as the Lions pound the Los Angeles Rams 65-24 on 41 third-quarter points.