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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
Hall Of Fame
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
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