Word: cassius
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...form of forecast that is perhaps most important of all involves the early spotting of comers. When TIME ran Cassius Marcellus Clay on its cover just about a year ago, we did not exactly predict that he would win the heavyweight championship. But in his story, Sportswriter Charles Parmiter seriously raised that possibility, although most people, including many of our readers, dismissed Clay as a loudmouthed clown. As Parmiter points out in this week's story on the Liston-Clay fight (see SPORT), Cassius is still loudmouthed and clownish-but more than that as well...
There is no terror, Cassius, in your threats...
...there was. In Miami Beach last week, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. acted out a scene that was worthy of the Old Bard himself-or maybe P. T. Barnum. Just as he said he would, he took the heavyweight championship of the world away from Charles ("Sonny") Liston thereby proving that the mouth is faster than...
Like the Dempsey-Tunney long count and Jack Johnson's infamous dive against Jess Willard, this Liston-Clay fight will remain a subject of continuing controversy. Could a healthy Sonny Liston have made good his promise to cool Cassius in rounds two or three? This question can only be answered by a rematch...
...thing is certain. Cassius Clay deserved better than 7-1 odds for this fight. The gash on Liston's face and the dislocated shoulder prove that Cassius is not the impotent puncher that his critics had labeled him. If Cassius showed that he can hand out some punishment, his weathering of Liston's third round attack also proved that he can take it. Clay has been maintaining for some time that he is the fastest heavyweight ever. Few would doubt...