Sonny Liston

age of 12. At the age of 18 he won his first gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and then later that year started boxing professionally. He then went on to win the WBA, WBC, and Lineal Heavyweight titles from Sonny Liston. Mahammad then changed to Islam and changed his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. Which he considered to be his “slave name”. To Muhammad Ali. He set an example for racial pride of African Americans and resistance to white domain during…

25, 1965. My picture captured the historic event of the 1965 heavyweight championship title match between muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston. Ali is standing over Sonny as he says “Get up and fight, sucker!”. The most bizarre thing about the picture is the fact that Sonny was projected to win the fight, but Ali had other plans, under two minutes into the fight Ali had knocked Sonny out…

six times, the national Golden Gloves championships twice, and the American Athletic Union championships twice. His amateur career guided him to his gold-medal winning trip to the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. After a championship match against Sonny Liston, Clay announced he changed his name to Muhammad Ali which meant, “beloved of God.” The boxer had also announced he join the Nation of Islam, a group of Muslim African…

The first artwork featuring Virna Lisi represented the women’s movement that caught attention from the public. That particular movement wanted to get rid of women’s traditional roles and make them become more like their gender counterparts, men. I feel like this shouldn’t be a thing in today’s society. I believe men and women should be unique in their own genders as that’s how we were created to be. The second artwork to the right of that is a showing of Roy Cohn wearing a halo pinned on his…

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” is one of the best known quotes in the history of sports. Muhammad Ali stated the quote, and it stuck with him throughout his life and career. Muhammad was a professional boxer, and was even known as the greatest sports figure of the 20th century. Muhammad Ali, also known as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. His mother’s name was Odessa Grady Clay and his father was Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., who Muhammad…

Thesis During the 1960’s and 70’s the United States became involved in the Vietnam War which lasted over 2 decades. This war divided American society because some wanted to fight communism and others wanted the Vietnamese people to decide for themselves. Muhammad Ali's refusal to fight in the Vietnam war highlighted the conflict in society over the Vietnam war. Ali thought it would be better to stay in jail than to go to the Vietnam war and kill innocent Vietnamese. He refused to compromise…

the criticism he received, he defeated the police chief of Fayetteville, Tunney Hunsaker, in his first ever professional match (Velen). Eighteen victories later, Clay battled Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship, in a real David and Goliath situation. Despite being the underdog, Clay still attempted to provoke Liston, by calling him a “big, ugly bear”. He also said one of the most memorable quotes of all time: “float like a butterfly, and sting like a bee” (“Muhammad Ali's Impact on…

People loved him because of his skills and incredible speed. He defeated a boxer from Poland and won the light heavyweight gold metal. He was proclaimed as an American hero. In 1963 he won British heavyweight champion by then 1964 he won over Sonny Liston and became the heavyweight champion of the world. Al decided to join the black Muslim group in 1964. Before he called himself Muhammad Ali he named his self “Cassius X”. Ali refused to help in Vietnam war because of his beliefs as Muslim he was…

The Missouri State Penitentiary was the second largest prison in the nation. It was very harsh and the other inmates were criminals. They were there for murder, theft, and lots of other horrible things. The inmates were cruel to each other and hated the guards. There were lots of different people there for many different reasons. There were even famous criminals there. In 1954 there was a riot that broke out and was chaos. There were people that escaped from here. There is a lot of history that…

Styles make the fights that is what boxing promoters always say when they choose two fighters to encounter each other in the ring. A boxer's repertoire, speed, ferociousness, capability to yield a punch, and persona determines the style. Boxing styles are more instinct than a learned feature. Once someone boxes more and more they will find themselves suiting into one of the four styles swarmer, slugger, boxer, and a boxer-puncher. First, the swarmer is a relentless aggressor with a strong chin…