Sonny Liston (USA) vs Muhammad Ali (USA) 1 - Full Highlights

Sonny Liston 218 lbs lost to Muhammad Ali 211 lbs by RTD at 3:00 in round 6 of 15 Date: 1964-02-25 Location: Convention Center, Miami Beach, Florida, USA World Heavyweight Title (2nd defense by Liston) Clay, who was a 7–1 underdog, won in a major upset, when Liston gave up at the opening of the seventh round (after being clearly dominated in the sixth). Sports Illustrated magazine named their first meeting, the Liston–Clay fight (Ali had not yet changed his name from Cassius Clay), as the fourth greatest sports moment of the twentieth century