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 ...

On this day - February 25, 1964 - Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston for the heavyweight boxing title. Sports Illustrated magazine named the February 25, 1964 Clay - Liston fight (Clay had not yet ...

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On the morning of Feb. 24, 1964, I sat in my office reviewing last minute details to the Cassius Clay-Sonny Liston fight to take place later that night at the Miami Beach Convention Center, when ...

From the Beatles touching down in America and sending fans into a frenzy, to underdog Cassius Clay (soon to be known as Muhammad Ali) shocking the world by defeating Sonny Liston, 1964 was undeniably ...

Regina King's directorial film debut, One Night in Miami, envisions a 1964 gathering of boxer Cassius Clay, activist Malcolm X, fullback Jim Brown and singer Sam Cooke. It sounds like quite a party - ...

One Night in Miami features four of the '60s' most celebrated African-Americans in the same room together on the night that Cassius Clay (played by Eli Goree) won the World Heavyweight Championship in ...