‘I’m still pretty’ – Muhammad Ali’s 1964 fight with Sonny Liston
In February 1964, shortly before taking his new name, Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston to become boxing’s heavyweight champion. From our archive, here is Murray Kempton’s piece on the fight. Miami, Florida There was this moment, just before the bell for the seventh round for the heavyweight championship of the world when Cassius Clay got up to
