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- Collection: Black Boxers "on the Ropes" with Masculinity
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“He Moves Like Silk, Hits Like a Ton” (full-page photo)
Ali is pictured naked from the waist up, with beads of sweat dripping down his body and a radiant, white smile in his face. His muscles are defined, he is dressed in boxing shorts and has his hands taped up; he looks like he just finished a grueling…
"He Moves Like Silk, Hits Like a Ton"
After getting his boxing license revoked, Ali is ready to take back the title that is rightfully his. During a conversation with James Earl Jones, Ali is reported to have said, “They can’t say I mess with white women, or drink whiskey or go to them…
"A Rueful Dream Come True" (continued)
The picture to the right is of Charles L. “Sonny” Liston, who won the heavyweight championship in 1962 from Floyd Patterson. However, in 1964, he lost his title to Cassius Clay in a fight that rocked the boxing world. Liston dominated, with his…
"A Rueful Dream Come True"
Cassius Clay was 21 when this article was written and through the author’s writing, he is characterized as aggressive and arrogant. Cassius Clay was eager to participate in a fight that his sponsoring group thought was coming too soon. They believed…