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Cassius
Clay is shown in action during the Olympic bout against Z. Pietrzykowski of Poland in
Rome, Italy, September 5, 1960. Clay won the gold medal in the light heavyweight class for
the United States. |
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| Cassius Clay in New
York with Malcolm X, 1963. |
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| Cassius Clay badgers
Sonny Liston during their February 24, 1964 fight; Clay won the bout -- and the world
heavyweight crown -- in the seventh round when Liston failed to answer the bell. |
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| Elijah Muhammad
addressing followers, June 28, 1964. Cassius Clay is seated to the left. |
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| Champion Muhammad Ali
lands a right smash to the jaw of challenger Floyd Patterson in the seventh round of their
heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas, Nevada, November 22, 1965. |
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| Cassius Clay is
escorted from the armed forces examining station in Houston Texas by Lt. Col. J. Edwin
McKee, Commandant of the station, after Clay refused army induction, April 28, 1967. |
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| Zaire's President
Mobutu Sese Seko, raises the arms of heavyweight champ George Foreman, left, and Muhammad
Ali on Sept. 20, 1974. Ali defeated Foreman just over a month later during a world
championship match. |
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| Spray flies from the
head of challenger Joe Frazier as heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali connects with a right
in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila, Philippines, October 1, 1975. |
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| Leon Spinks connects
with a right hook to Muhammad Ali, Feb.16, 1978, during the late rounds of their
championship fight in Las Vegas, Nev. The 24-year-old Spinks won the bout in a 15-round
decision. |
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| Former Olympic boxer
Muhammad Ali lights the device which in turn will light the Olympic cauldron to cap the
opening ceremonies of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta July 19. USA swimmer Janet Evans
watches after handing Ali the torch. |
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| Ali and his wife,
Lonnie Ali, left, present a pair of autographed boxing gloves to United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations after Ali was honored as a U.N.
Messenger of Peace, Tuesday, Sept. 15, 1998. |
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