Muhammad Ali: The Fight that Shook up the World (1964)

clay had won the Olympic gold medal in 1964 years later who challenged Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship of the world Liston was considered a devastating heavyweight he had won the title with a first-round knockout I thought Liston would absolutely take this kid apart and just chillin I mean Liston was an absolute thug his background was clouded by prison time and alleged links to organized crime his public image was intimidating he clearly preferred to let his actions in the ring do the talking did you make a serious prediction of how far you think the fights gonna go Sonny and it's my way I can tell from one killer heavyweight champion Sonny Liston already being compared with all-time greats Jack Dempsey and Joe Louis goes into training to dispense with the Louisville left Liston's an 8 to 1 favor and many experts think that's giving play the benefit of the doubt I'm young I'm handsome I'm fat I'm pretty and can't possibly be beat but you won't be after I finish richer if you like to lose your money feel full and bet on son the media of loved clays antics but didn't like his chances in the ring Cassius can I ask you how you're feeling now at this point I'm feeling great I'm ready to build a wall right now well when you say you're ready to go to world right I see that bow mystery I'll beat him before the fight he's actually taken one before the fight and my thumb is daddy I saw Sonny Liston a few days ago catch any open eat he's too ugly to be the world's champ the world's champ should be pretty like me well he told me to bet my life that you wouldn't go three wrong well if you want to lose your money then bet on Sonny I'll never lose the fight it's impossible tell him it's impossible getting lost to be right your life si mi fans over the last time they lost I'm too fast champion from the game can you tell I'm not only vital I'm a port I'm a profit I'm the resurrector I'm the savior of the boxing world if it wasn't me the game would be dead what percentage of the fans who are coming to see you fight Sonny Liston what percentage of the fans you feel will be coming to see him and what percentage do you feel will be coming to see you well 100 percent will be coming to see me but 99 percent to be come to see me get beat you're really feeling cold they think I'll talk too much but I got these and they represent you thinking these represent dynamite hey an unheard-of thing happened at the Main Street gym in Miami Challenger cash is invaded while Liston was training Sonny might be great but he believed in a if you want to go to heaven I'll get him in seven he'll be in a wonderful fix if I cut it to 6 he keeps talking job he'll go in 5 if he keeps talking about me I'll get him in 3 if that don't do your fall into and if you run you're going 1 and if you don't want to fight you should keep yourself home that night people do say I'm cocky some say I need a good whipping some say I talk too much but anything that I say I'm willing to back up yeah I wish them a happy new year because he's gonna need happiness after I'm a lady because he's going to be I'm going to beat him Boban he's going to thank you rob debate cash is how do you feel with it pretty good how you doing I hear you met Don Juan today how was it you he went to privilege remembers the greatest fighter that ever lived in and out of the ring he changed the whole innovation of boxing he was the first available superstar oh I thought it was a very promising heavyweight at the time I had no dreaming idea that he could win that fight I didn't give him a chance in hell he thought he was crazy and Sonny I don't know he had a violent side to him did everybody know about you know but Cassidy smart and he was clever and he he could get on the list and skin more so than anybody ever ever knew you know list doesn't know what what to expect what came into play they're tough guys are afraid of guys are a little goofy you know guys fly over the cuckoo's nice knowing those kind of guy tough guys don't know where to go with that and he was a tough guy Liston so listens kind of looking at him like this and then he's screaming these colored doctor oppas taking his blood presidental your guys scared that that this guy scared that that the England he's scared I want I ain't gonna make a fight I walked as and um look I'm listening to the guy said they only playing he's only playing I'm say we're having a little fun here they said later he said anybody would have to be afraid of a crazy man and that's why I was acting crazy for nearly 9,000 people including celebrities from sports and show business Phil convention hall on the evening of February 25th millions more watched closed-circuit television and movie theaters around the world and just before 10 p.m. Eastern Time Cash's play and his entourage made their way to the ring to be followed by Sonny Liston there we see the spotlight on the world champion Sonny Liston in his after ours Sonny was that hooded robe heavyweight champion with ropes being spread apart bounces in and whirly top of the daughter of sunny we see at this point the Challenger the Challenger Cassius Marcellus clay 22 years of a top beat 15 rounds for the heavyweight championship of the world - his plays on the move as we see looking to get Saito run carrying his left hand dangerously low less than the aggressive man a good heavy shots dug under the heart Haislip right the Challenger is gabbing all over body and right hand the best person to fight so far another jarring right hand that that grows another one Oh okay who has a cup for Rose the crowd back carrying reconquer dices clay peripheral vision sharp he's looking over my shoulder look at how much that might be chopping at that might be our ladies and gentlemen get up there go get up there get up in the ring playing one we were stunned just believing only clay clearly understood that he was a heavyweight champion of the world and he took his time to tell the newsmen at ringside that they had been wrong all of them I was so stunned I was just electrified and there he was right in front of me and a whole bunch of other newspaper men pointing down to us like this I told you I told you I told you exactly what I was going to do well we were just sitting there stunned we didn't even know which key to hit first I don't have a face and I upset Sonny Liston and I'll just touch 22 years old I must be the greatest ho the world is wait a minute guys just let me ask you this now you told me when you visited Los Angeles you could do it an eight the didn't seven I had him born in eight I was getting ready to take him into eighth as you can see I see now give us that poetry on number seven he wanted to go to heaven so I took him in seven you took him in seven I am the king of the world hold it hold it Rudy hold it you're not that man man I shook up the world you

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Keywords: Muhammad, Ali, Cassius, Clay, Greatest, Sonny, Liston, Fight, Boxing, heavyweight, championship

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Length: 10min 0sec (600 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 18 2008