Word: wba
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Holworthy residents drafted the letter after reading comments of journalists who questioned Clay's patriotism. When Clay refused the army's call to induction on religious grounds--he is a Black Muslim minister--the World Boxing Association stripped him of his title crown, and most columnists supported the WBA...
Robert H. Yolken '70, who helped draft the letter, said yesterday that he and most of the other freshmen involved are not boxing enthusiasts. But they felt that the WBA and other boxing associa- tions had been unfair in revoking the title, especially since Clay's case is still in the courts...
...course for the WBA Clay had only been champion for a few months, since Feb. 6 when he beat the recognized titleholder, Ernie Terrell. The Association had plucked the crown away two years ago because Clay had agreed to a return bout with Liston, a deal which reportedly cost promoters...
Lipsyte wrote in his extensive piece in the Times Sunday that the men who run boxing wanted to see Clay refuse to serve. "The discrimination was purely economic," he writes. "Clay was too good to make money with any longer." This just could be the reason for the WBA's hasty action...
Although few reputable boxing experts have claimed that the Liston-Clay fight was fixed, there may well be grounds for a WBA investigation and perhaps nullification of the contract...