Muhammad Ali Tribute (1991)
BOXING GREAT MUHAMMAD ALI WAS IN MIAMI TODAY FOR CEREMONIES COMMEMORATING THE SCENE OF HIS FIRST HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP. IT WAS 25 YEARS AGO...ON FEB. 25, 1964...THAT 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.