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What do Archibald Lee Wright, Walker Smith, Rocco Francis Marchegiano, Arnold Raymond Cream, Joseph Louis Barrow and Carmine Tilelli have in common with Cassius Marcellus Clay? They all were boxing champions who preferred to be known by their aliases* rather than by their proper names. The resemblance ends in the general vicinity of the mouth...
...said Cassius Clay at his press conference in Houston last week, "are there any questions you want to ask about my fighting ability...
Pounds for Power. Cassius apparently took the threat to heart. He boxed more than 100 rounds in training, built his own weight up to 212 lbs. The added poundage, explained Trainer Angelo Dundee, was "for power"-but sportswriters scoffed at that. Some of them went so far as to call Cassius "the punchless wonder...
...wonder was the punch. Cleveland Williams can't even remember what happened during the last 4 min. of the 7 min. 8 sec. that he was in the ring with Clay. And it's a good thing he can't. In the first round, Cassius contented himself with giving the Cat a dancing lesson and a nosebleed. Then, when the bell rang for Round 2, Trainer Dundee ordered: "Go after him. Use a chopping right." Clay's first chopping right dropped Williams for a count of two; his second caught the Cat flush on the mouth...
Winner & Loser. For Clay, the victory marked the end of a year in which he has beaten five opponents and earned $2,000,000. It also left Cassius with only one logical contender: Ernie Terrell, the World Boxing Association's heavyweight champion, whom he will probably fight next February...