Summary

BOXING GREAT MUHAMMAD ALI WAS IN MIAMI TODAY FOR CEREMONIES COMMEMORATING THE SCENE OF HIS FIRST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IT WAS 25 YEARS AGOON FEB 25, 1964THAT ALI, THEN KNOWN AS CASIUS CLAY, DEFEATED SONNY LISTON FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ALI'S GUESTS AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED HIS WIFE, LONNIE, FOUR OF HIS CHILDREN, INCLUDING 4-MONTH-OLD ASAAD AMIN, LEGENDARY BOXING TRAINER ANGELO DUNDEE, CURRENT WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION EVANDER HOLYFIELD AND FORMER BOXERS EARNIE ELLIS, PINKLON THOMAS AND JIMMY ELLIS A PORTION OF THE NEWLY EXPANDED MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER WILL BE NAMED AFTER ALI

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 103433
Story Slug MUHAMMAD ALI TRIBUTE (1991)
Location MIAMI BEACH, FL
Format PKG
Date 07/29/1991
Archive Time 38:13
TRT 1:52
Supers BROOKE BRADLEY, REPORTING MIAMI BEACH / FEB 25, 1964 MIAMI BEACH, MONDAY MUHAMMED ALI, BOXING LEGEND ERNIE SHAVERS, LOST TO ALI EVANDER HOLYFIELD, HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP
Video Description (HISTORIC FILM OF ALI NOT LICENSABLE, BOXING FOOTAGE NOT LICENSABLE) MUHAMMAD ALI WALKING THROUGH CROWD, PLAQUE UNVEILED, OTHER BOXERS ARRIVING, BLACK & WHITE FILE FILM OF ALI SHOUTING ABOUT BEING THE GREATEST
Description BOXING GREAT MUHAMMAD ALI WAS IN MIAMI TODAY FOR CEREMONIES COMMEMORATING THE SCENE OF HIS FIRST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP IT WAS 25 YEARS AGOON FEB 25, 1964THAT ALI, THEN KNOWN AS CASIUS CLAY, DEFEATED SONNY LISTON FOR THE HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE ALI'S GUESTS AT THE CEREMONY INCLUDED HIS WIFE, LONNIE, FOUR OF HIS CHILDREN, INCLUDING 4-MONTH-OLD ASAAD AMIN, LEGENDARY BOXING TRAINER ANGELO DUNDEE, CURRENT WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION EVANDER HOLYFIELD AND FORMER BOXERS EARNIE ELLIS, PINKLON THOMAS AND JIMMY ELLIS A PORTION OF THE NEWLY EXPANDED MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER WILL BE NAMED AFTER ALI
Script LEAD: HE IS KNOWN AS THE GREATEST BOXER OF ALL TIME - AND MONDAY THE CITY OF MIAMI BEACH IS PAYING TRIBUTE TO HIM MUHAMMAD ALI LAUNCHED HIS HEAVYWEIGHT CAREER AT THE MIAMI BEACH CONVENTION CENTER 27 YEARS AGO AS BROOKE BRADLEY REPORTS, THE GREATEST WILL NOW BECOME A PERMANENT FIXTURE THERE
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