"A Rueful Dream Come True"
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Title
"A Rueful Dream Come True"
Subject
An article detailing the career of Cassius Clay before he became Muhammad Ali.
Description
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 he wasn’t ready, but Clay had other things on his mind when he reportedly “slapped the pen down” after agreeing to fight Sonny Liston. Ali’s masculinity is not challenged, but reinforced, by the author’s decision to name him the “official…challenger to brutish Liston” after taking into account his 19-fight undefeated streak.
Creator
Toni Cuevas
Source
Sports Illustrated
Publisher
Time Inc.
Date
November 18, 1963
Contributor
Huston Horn
Collection
Citation
Toni Cuevas, “"A Rueful Dream Come True",” Magazines, accessed December 3, 2024, https://omeka.middlebury.edu/magazines/items/show/53.