Why? Because though the print images shown on our website are taken from the actual print or photo, the mat and frame shown around the image is an illustration created in Photoshop meant to represent the actual mat and frame. The print images on our website don't do justice to the actual finished piece that you will receive. Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Clay as he was known at the time, whips a right to the head of ducking champ Sonny Liston during the first round of the heavyweight title fight in Miami Beach, Fla., Feb. Great gift for the sports fan in your life! When 22-year-old Cassius Clay unexpectedly defeated Sonny Liston on February 25, 1964, football star Jim Brown, a close friend of the young athlete, expected to mark. This color art print is available in your choice of 4 wood frames, black, cherry or walnut, and flat black. This iconic image was the cover of Sports Illustrated Greatest Sports Photos edition. Ali (the former Cassius Clay, who had taken his now-famous Muslim name after defeating Liston in their first title bout in 1964) knocked Liston out with a first-round right hand to the head that, all these years later, is still known as the “phantom punch”, so quick that many did not see it. Or, perhaps more accurately, a legendary boxing controversy was born. When Muhammad Ali floored Sonny Liston in their title-bout rematch in Lewiston, Maine, on May 25, 1965, a legend was born. Muhammad Ali is considered one of the best heavyweights of all-time, sporting a career record of 56-5 with 37 of those wins by knockout.
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