Clay vs. Liston

Cassius Clay
vs.
Sonny Liston

CONVENTION HALL
1700 Washington Ave.
Miami Beach, Florida

Tuesday Evening
February 25, 1964

Dundee-MacDonald Enterprises, Inc. promoter

An ensemble of rare items depicting a young Cassius Clay's title winning performance over the heavily favored Sonny Liston... Featuring a vintage original oversized photo, measuring 20 x 24", which once hung in a photographic museum in Florida... Digital camera view was unkind to photo which has perfect clarity in person

onsite stubless ticket

FROM THE BOOKS
The arrogant and brash Clay taunted Liston before, during and after this, their first fight for the world heavyweight championship. Liston was thought to be unbeatable but Clay survived the champion's initial onslaught and then took the initiative. Notoriously, Liston refused to come out of his corner at the start of the seventh round, and the greatest career in boxing history reached its first major peak.
Peter Brooke-Ball/The Boxing Album

Sonny Liston

vintage pinback
&
signature

Clay Wins Title in Seventh-Round
Upset As Liston Is Halted
by Shoulder Injury

Clay Is Exultant

By ROBERT LIPSYTE
special to the New York Times

   MIAMI BEACH, Feb. 25 - Incredibly, the loud-mouthed bragging, insulting youngster had been telling the truth all along. Cassius Clay won the world heavyweight title tonight when a bleeding Sonny Liston, his left shoulder injured, was unable to answer the bell for the seventh round.
    Immediately after he had been announced as the new heavyweight champion of the world, Clay yelled to newsmen covering the fight: "Eat your words." Only three of 46 sports writers covering the fight had picked him to win.
    A crowd of 8,297, on it's feet through the early rounds at Convention Hall, sat stunned during the one-minute rest period between the sixth and seventh rounds. Only Clay seemed to know what had happened; he threw up his hands and danced a little jig in the center of the ring.

The New York Times - February 26, 1964

Cassius Clay - vintage pinback & vintage 1960's signature

measures: 32.25 x 35.5"
condition: al items are excellent, no major flaws

digital camera view through glass

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