lands a left hook that pops back the head of Chicago’s Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) in the 175-pound inter-city Golden Gloves title bout at Chicago Stadium on March 25, 1959. Clay, only 17 ...

Before he was “The Greatest,” Muhammad Ali was the “Louisville ... going all the way back to when he was 12 and won his first Golden Gloves bout. “Man, he was our guy,” said C.

Later he said that Gee-gee stood for Golden Gloves, which he was going to win.” Around Grand Avenue, Cassius was known as a prodigious eater, a pretty good rock fighter, and a deadeye marble ...

George Foreman and Muhammad Ali were bitter rivals before the two men formed a lifelong friendship remembered after Foreman ...

Muhammad Ali (56-5, 37 KOs); was born Cassius Clay ... His amateur record was impressive with 100 wins and consecutive Golden Glove titles. There were still doubts from the boxing press that ...