50th anniversary of The Fight that Shook the World.

[Romanis]

Feb 25th 1964, a certain Cassius Clay upsets the odds and defeats then seemingly invincible Sonny Liston to become the youngest heavyweight champion.

In this pre-fight weigh in, you can see that Liston probably knew the game was up. - view external link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaTbr5TrnHA)

[Romanis]

Liston was the 1-8 favourite. Clay was known as the Louisville Lip.

He taunted Liston at every opportunity including calling him ugly. He also had a lot of cliches including this one;

If you want to lose your money, bet on Sonny!

The fight clip is below - view external link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyhqZNcF9pM)