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Historic Liston fight gave birth to Ali legend

Cassius Clay had just beaten world champion Sonny Liston when he turned his wrath on the ringside reporters who had written him off as an underdog, shouting: "Eat your words!"

Liston, nagged by a shoulder injury, threw in the towel before the seventh round at Miami's Convention Hall, surrendering his heavyweight championship belt to the loose-lipped 22-year-old on February 25, 1964.

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