Total pages: 180
Date of Paper | Pages | Event Covered |
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17 Nov 1962 | Page 22 | “Destruction of Archie…” Cassius Clay defeats Archie Moore |
19 Nov 1962 | Page 15 | “Cassius Marcellus Clay – he’s liable to cause as much havoc among the girls as he has among the heavyweights” |
19 Jan 1963 | Page 18 | “21 – and he sure has got the key! |
26 Jan 1963 | Page 19 | Cassius Clay defeats Charley Powell |
12 Mar 1963 | Page 20 | “Clay – it’s the mouth that does it!” |
13 Mar 1963 | Page 21 | “It’s Cassius to win – but not in four!” |
14 Mar 1963 | Back page | “Clay beats Doug Jones on points” |
18 June 1963 | Page 23 | “It must be Cassius – tonight Wembley’s first open-air fight for 28 years” |
19 June 1963 | Page 23 | “Clay wins in five with a ‘bare’ fist. Burst glove drama – then ref stops fight as Cooper’s eye pours blood” |
20 June 1963 | Page 21 | “Clay’s split glove – it was a natural ‘break’” |
20 Feb 1964 | Page 31 | “Clay’s long player is stuck in the groove” |
26 Feb 1964 | Pages 30 & 31 | “Clay’s mad behaviour degraded boxing…The Language of hands at the amazing weigh-in” |
27 Feb 1964 | Pages 16, 17 and 31 | “Cassius strikes – now the inquest. State calls for medical reports on Sonny Liston” |
24 Mar 1964 | Page 30 | “Threat to strip Clay is just stupid prejudice!” |
16 Nov 1964 | Page 29 | “The day boxing almost died. If Clay had fought, it could have been the end of him…and his sport” |
19 May 1965 | Page 30 | “The mountain comes to Muhammad. Cocky Cassius: ‘After I beat Liston, I’ll convert him’” |
23 May 1965 | Page 39 | “What is the surprise for Liston? Clay world fight laced with bizarre fantasy” |
24 May 1965 | Page 27 | “‘Malcom X’ cops trail Clay’s bus. Big-fight security net tightens” |
26 May 1965 | Pages 26 and back | “Clay keeps his world crown” Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston |
27 May 1965 | Pages 14 & 15 | “Did he fall or was he pushed? The big fight ends in sixty seconds - but the argument rages on and on” |
20 Nov 1965 | Page 31 | “The creed of Clay…‘We can’t keep on living like slaves in our master’s |
country’” | ||
21 Nov 1965 | Page 39 | “I take Clay in four rounds” |
22 Nov 1965 | Page 31 | “It’s got to be Clay – by round seven. Physically and mentally he has it over Patterson like a tent” |
23 Nov 1965 | Back page | “Cassius is still the greatest. Patterson takes a cruel beating - referee stops it in twelfth round” |
24 Nov 1965 | Pages 16, 17 and 30 | “Cassius the torturer – and his victim. A cruel, humiliating night when Clay put Patterson on the rack” |
31 Mar 1966 | Page 30 | Cassius Clay defeats George Chuvalo |
19 May 1966 | Page 31 | “Clay’s speed is bewildering..blinding!” |
20 May 1966 | Page 31 | “The court of Super-MACC. Clay plans to defend his world title twice more this year – after he has dealt with Cooper!” |
21 May 1966 | Pages 30 & 31 | “Clay will win – over in 25 minutes!” |
22 May 1966 | Pages 20, 21 and 39 | “The cut eye that ended it all” Cassius Clay defeats Henry Cooper |
4 Aug 1966 | Page 18 | “Muhammad lets his halo slip” |
6 Aug 1966 | Page 19 | “Clay to win tonight – but it could go 12” |
7 Aug 1966 | Front and back | “Brian London felled in third round” |
8 Aug 1966 | Page 19 | “A black eye for British boxing” |
9 Aug 1966 | Page 17 | “A champion fighting on two fronts. Risk of violent racial flare-up if Draft Board make a ‘martyr’ of Muhammad” |
9 Sep 1966 | Page 27 | “‘New image’ Clay ready to go home. After Mildenberger, a ‘dummy run’ in America” |
10 Sep 1966 | Page 22 | “Clay could beat old Joe’s record. Mildenberger will last as long as Super- MACC thinks fit” |
11 Sep 1966 | Pages 1 and 39 | “Cassius, but Karl makes him sweat. Clay admits German was his hardest” |
14 Nov 1966 | Page 27 | Preview of title fight against Cleveland ‘Big Cat’ Williams |
16 Nov 1966 | Pages 26 & 27 | “Ruthlessly, Clay shows what boxing is all about. No doubt now - he is one of the greats” |
8 Feb 1967 | Pages 22 & 23 | “I’ve never seen Clay so cruel..so dirty!” Cassius Clay defeats Ernie Terrell |
25 Mar 1967 | Page 23 | “Now Clay faces real crunch – will it be jail?” |
1 Aug 1967 | Page 7 | “‘It ain’t no use trying to draft angels’” |
23 Apr 1968 | Page 9 | “The next martyr – which is how Muhammad Ali now sees his future” |
22 Oct 1970 | Page 27 | “This mouth was made for talking!” |
28 Oct 1970 | Pages 26 & 27 | “Othello returns in triumph” Cassius Clay defeats Jerry Quarry |
9 Dec 1970 | Page 26 | “Suddenly, the Black Prince is made to look mortal” Cassius Clay defeats Oscar Bonavena |
5 Mar 1971 | Page 26 | “The black Hamlet hams it up” |
10 Mar 1971 | Pages 12 & 13 | “The broken butterfly. But, in defeat, Clay became so much more of a man” Cassius Clay is defeated by Joe Frazier |
29 June 1971 | Page 2 | “Clay wins bid to stay out of jail” |
28 July 1971 | Page 26 | Cassius Clay defeats Jimmy Ellis |
19 Nov 1971 | Page 30 | “Merciful Muhammad. ‘I didn’t have it in my heart to KO Buster’” Muhammad Ali defeats Buster Mathis |
28 Dec 1971 | Page 25 | Muhammad Ali defeats Jurgen Blin |
2 Apr 1972 | Page 34 | Muhammad Ali defeats Mac Foster |
29 June 1972 | Page 22 | Muhammad Ali defeats Jerry Quarry |
20 July 1972 | Back page | Muhammad Ali defeats Al Lewis |
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20 Sep 1972 | Page 30 | “My tip is Ali to finish Floyd in 8!” |
22 Sep 1972 | Pages 30 & 31 | Muhammad Ali defeats Floyd Patterson |
20 Nov 1972 | Page 29 | “Gambling Ali still calling the odds” |
21 Nov 1972 | Page 26 | “I’ll take Ali to crunch my hunch!” |
23 Nov 1972 | Pages 26 & 27 | “Ali on a switchback of cruelty and class” Muhammad Ali defeats Bob Foster |
8 Feb 1973 | Page 26 | “He’s the old lean mean Ali…” |
12 Feb 1973 | Page 28 | Preview of Muhammad Ali v Joe Bugner |
13 Feb 1973 | Pages 10 & 11 | “The Las Vegas gamble that’s sure to be a winner..” |
15 Feb 1973 | Back page | “Bugner gets a pounding. The blood flows as Ali cuts up Joe in the first round” |
2 Apr 1973 | Back page | “Ali – no more fights?” Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali |
17 July 1973 | Page 23 | “The axeman at Deer Lake. Ali in his hideaway training camp, chopping his way to fitness” |
11 Sep 1973 | Back page | “Ali in a mean mood. No clowning as he thumps Norton” |
21 Oct 1973 | Page 40 | Muhammad Ali defeats Rudi Lubbers |
28 Jan 1974 | Page 29 | Preview of Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier |
30 Jan 1974 | Pages 30 & 31 | “The astonishing Ali. His next one must be Foreman for the title” Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier |
27 Oct 1974 | Pages 40 & 41 | “Whistle in the dark. Ali’s last round-up?” |
31 Oct 1974 | Pages 26 & 27 | “By Allah! Ali is supreme. ‘He proved he can master any other man’” Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman |
2 Nov 1974 | Page 9 | “The thoughts of champion Ali – ‘It’s hard to be humble when you’re as good as I am’” |
24 Mar 1975 | Back page | Preview of Muhammad Ali v Chuck Wepner |
26 Mar 1975 | Pages 26 & 27 | “I tried to kill him, says Ali. Wepner was on the ropes with his hands completely down and I still tried to get at him, annihilate him. I had no mercy” |
18 May 1975 | Page 41 | Muhammad Ali defeats Ron Lyle |
1 July 1975 | Front and back | “Ali is still champ” Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner |
18 Sep 1975 | Page 17 | “Ali’s kid gloves” |
30 Sep 1975 | Pages 26 & 27 | “Frazier will fall! One cluster of Ali specials can settle it early” |
2 Oct 1975 | Pages 26 & 27 | “‘It was next to death’…So tough that Ali says: I’ll never go in with Joe again” Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier |
22 Feb 1976 | Pages 42 & 43 | Muhammad Ali defeats Jean-Pierre Coopman |
2 May 1976 | Page 40 | Muhammad Ali defeats Jimmy Young |
24 May 1976 | Pages 1, 30 & 31 | Preview of Muhammad Ali v Richard Dunn |
26 May 1976 | Pages 30 & 31 | Muhammad Ali defeats Richard Dunn |
28 Sep 1976 | Page 30 | Preview of Muhammad Ali v Ken Norton |
30 Sep 1976 | Page 30 | Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton |
1 Oct 1977 | Page 30 | Muhammad Ali defeats Earnie Shavers |
17 Feb 1978 | Page 26 | Leon Spinks defeats Muhammad Ali |
2 Aug 1978 | Page 26 | “Behind the Glove: 1960-65 ‘His name was Clay’” |
3 Aug 1978 | Page 26 | “Behind the Glove: 1965-78 ‘The days of farce’” |
17 Sep 1978 | Pages 36 & 37 | “Ali really is the greatest” Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks |
1 Oct 1980 | Page 38 | Preview of Muhammad Ali v Larry Holmes |
4 Oct 1980 | Pages 30 and back | “Brave Ali could not beat the cruel years” Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali |
18 Nov 1981 | Page 3 | “Ali – fighting his way back to fitness” |
13 Dec 1981 | Pages 36 & 37 | “End of our Ali” Trevor Berbick defeats Muhammad Ali |
14 Jan 1992 | Pages 30 & 31 | “Ali-lujah! He’s 50 not out” Birthday special on boxing’s living legend |
21 July 1996 | Page 62 | Ali lights the Olympic flame in Atlanta, Georgia |
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