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Today in History: Mike Tyson sentenced on rape charges

Chicago Tribune 26 Mar 2025
Today is Wednesday, March 26, the 85th day of 2025. There are 280 days left in the year. Today in history. ... (Tyson would ultimately serve less than three years of the sentence.). Also on this date. ... (The U.S ... Cassius Clay wins Golden Gloves championship ... .
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Today in Chicago History: Cassius Clay wins Golden Gloves championship

Chicago Tribune 25 Mar 2025
Cassius Clay, then 17 years old, won the 175-pound Golden Gloves championship by defeating Australian Anthony Madigan in three rounds on March 25, 1959, at Chicago Stadium ... Seventeen-year-old Cassius ...
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George Foreman: a charmer who left his mark in the dirt and dust of the fight game

The Observer 23 Mar 2025
Boxing seems a smaller and darker world now ... “I’m doing it for the money,” Frazier said. “It’s that simple ... I remember being in junior high and walking home with a friend who had a record of Cassius Clay [as Ali was originally known] reading poetry ... .
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George Foreman vs Muhammad Ali: A look at boxing's greatest rivalry

Hindustan Times 22 Mar 2025
(FILES) US boxing heavyweight champions, Muhammad Ali (L) (born Cassius Clay) and George Foreman (R) fight in Kinshasa on October 30, 1974. (Photo by AFP)(AFP) ... ....
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Revealed: The rescue mission to save the Rumble in the Jungle from being cancelled including ...

The Daily Mail 22 Mar 2025
Until lured by King's promise that his trip would be 'humongously' worthwhile ... No ... Muhammad Ali nee Cassius Clay was the poster boy for the Black Muslims who petrified much of white America, yet survived until Parkinson's inflicted his final defeat ... .
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Kale on Books: McCarthyism, a Lincoln history and a look at the city of Petersburg

Daily Press 21 Mar 2025
Quoting Shakespeare, Murrow concluded, “Cassius was right ... Historian and journalist Clay Risen in his new book, “Red Scare ... “As Clay Risen’s meaty and powerfully relevant new book … makes clear, our own ...
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Olympic status of boxing on verge of being secured

The Irish Times 17 Mar 2025
Boxing has featured in every summer Olympics since 1904, and great champions have emerged – from Cassius Clay (who became Muhammad Ali) and Sugar Ray Leonard to Katie Taylor and Oleksandr Usyk ... READ MORE. Irish Player Tracker ... .
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Boxing’s Olympic future set to be secured after IOC recommendation

Yahoo Daily News 17 Mar 2025
Related. ‘Boxing let me be angry’. Anna Whitwham. Boxing has featured in every summer Olympics since 1904 and great champions have emerged – from Cassius Clay (who became Muhammad Ali) and Sugar Ray Leonard to Katie Taylor and Oleksandr Usyk ... .
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Celebrating February: A month of pivotal moments in Black history

Indianapolis Recorder 13 Mar 2025
On Feb ... (Photo/Getty Images). Just days later, on Feb. 3, 1870, the 15th Amendment to the U.S ... On Feb ... 25, 1964, stands out as the day Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, defeated Sonny Liston to claim his first world heavyweight boxing title ... .
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Wembley considered for Usyk undisputed heavyweight fight with Dubois

Yahoo Daily News 12 Mar 2025
And the home of English football could host the fight. Alexander Krassyuk, Usyk’s promoter, told Sky Sports ... Boxing legends such as Cassius Clay and Frank Bruno have graced the arena before it was rebuilt in the manor it presents itself in today ... .
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Daily Quiz | On renowned personalities who changed their names

The Hindu 06 Mar 2025
Sixty-one years ago, the renowned boxer Cassius Clay was renamed Muhammad Ali. Here’s a quiz on other such personalities ....
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AZ Briefing: Couple who died in I-10 crash remembered; Woman strips naked before flight to Phoenix; Sneak peek of new Valley resort

Azcentral 06 Mar 2025
Good morning, Arizona ... Here's which ones ... Get the full forecast here ... Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, in a radio address, announced that heavyweight boxing champion Cassius X, born Cassius Clay, would take the name Muhammad Ali.In 1970.
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Today in History: Oreo cookies introduced

Chicago Tribune 06 Mar 2025
Today is Thursday, March 6, the 65th day of 2025. There are 300 days left in the year. Today in history. ... Also on this date. ... In 1964, heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay took a new name given to him by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammed ... .
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Today in History: March 6, Supreme Court issues Dred Scott decision

Lima Ohio 06 Mar 2025
Today is Thursday, March 6, the 65th day of 2025. There are 300 days left in the year. On March 6, 1857, the U.S ... Petersburg ... In 1964, heavyweight boxing champion Cassius Clay took a new name given to him by Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammed ... .
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Today in Chicago History: Chance the Rapper writes $1 million check to CPS

Chicago Tribune 06 Mar 2025
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on March 6, according to the Tribune’s archives ... (AP). 1964. Elijah Muhammad, head of the Chicago-based Nation of Islam, bestowed the name Muhammad Ali on new follower Cassius Clay.
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