The World Heavyweight Championship "Mohammad Ali vs Sonny Liston", "I Shook Up The World"
On this day February 25, 1964, 22-year-old Cassius Clay(Mohammad Ali) shocks the odds-makers by dethroning world heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout. The dreaded Liston, who had twice demolished former champ Floyd Patterson in one round, was an 8-to-1 favorite. However, Clay predicted victory, boasting that he would “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” and knock out Liston in the eighth round. Mohammad Ali Famously Exclaimed, " I Shook Up The World!"
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