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Gloves auctioned

The gloves Muhammad Ali wore when he beat Sonny Liston to win his first heavyweight world title fetched US$836,500 at Auction on Saturday. Then named Cassius Clay, he won a gold medal at the 1960 Rome Olympics and four years later on February 25, 1964, he faced a heavily favored Liston. Clay stopped Liston in the seventh round and next day changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

 


 

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