Commemorative Books Coverage List
Muhammad Ali
Date of Paper Pages Event Covered
8 page pictorial section
17 Nov 1962 Page 22 “Destruction of Archie…” Cassius Clay defeats Archie Moore
19 Nov 1962 Page 15 “Cassius Marcellus Clay – he’s liable to cause as much havoc among the girls as he has among the heavyweights”
19 Jan 1963 Page 18 “21 – and he sure has got the key!
26 Jan 1963 Page 19 Cassius Clay defeats Charley Powell
12 Mar 1963 Page 20 “Clay – it’s the mouth that does it!”
13 Mar 1963 Page 21 “It’s Cassius to win – but not in four!”
14 Mar 1963 Back page “Clay beats Doug Jones on points”
18 June 1963 Page 23 “It must be Cassius – tonight Wembley’s first open-air fight for 28 years”
19 June 1963 Page 23 “Clay wins in five with a ‘bare’ fist. Burst glove drama – then ref stops fight as Cooper’s eye pours blood”
20 June 1963 Page 21 “Clay’s split glove – it was a natural ‘break’”
20 Feb 1964 Page 31 “Clay’s long player is stuck in the groove”
26 Feb 1964 Pages 30 & 31 “Clay’s mad behaviour degraded boxing…The Language of hands at the amazing weigh-in”
27 Feb 1964 Pages 16, 17 and 31 “Cassius strikes – now the inquest. State calls for medical reports on Sonny Liston”
24 Mar 1964 Page 30 “Threat to strip Clay is just stupid prejudice!”
16 Nov 1964 Page 29 “The day boxing almost died. If Clay had fought, it could have been the end of him…and his sport”
19 May 1965 Page 30 “The mountain comes to Muhammad. Cocky Cassius: ‘After I beat Liston, I’ll convert him’”
23 May 1965 Page 39 “What is the surprise for Liston? Clay world fight laced with bizarre fantasy”
24 May 1965 Page 27 “‘Malcom X’ cops trail Clay’s bus. Big-fight security net tightens”
26 May 1965 Pages 26 and back “Clay keeps his world crown” Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston
27 May 1965 Pages 14 & 15 “Did he fall or was he pushed? The big fight ends in sixty seconds - but the argument rages on and on”
20 Nov 1965 Page 31 “The creed of Clay…‘We can’t keep on living like slaves in our master’s country’”
21 Nov 1965 Page 39 “I take Clay in four rounds”
22 Nov 1965 Page 31 “It’s got to be Clay – by round seven. Physically and mentally he has it over Patterson like a tent”
23 Nov 1965 Back page “Cassius is still the greatest. Patterson takes a cruel beating - referee stops it in twelfth round”
24 Nov 1965 Pages 16, 17 and 30 “Cassius the torturer – and his victim. A cruel, humiliating night when Clay put Patterson on the rack”
31 Mar 1966 Page 30 Cassius Clay defeats George Chuvalo
19 May 1966 Page 31 “Clay’s speed is bewildering..blinding!”
20 May 1966 Page 31 “The court of Super-MACC. Clay plans to defend his world title twice more this year – after he has dealt with Cooper!”
21 May 1966 Pages 30 & 31 “Clay will win – over in 25 minutes!”
22 May 1966 Pages 20, 21 and 39 “The cut eye that ended it all” Cassius Clay defeats Henry Cooper
4 Aug 1966 Page 18 “Muhammad lets his halo slip”
6 Aug 1966 Page 19 “Clay to win tonight – but it could go 12”
7 Aug 1966 Front and back “Brian London felled in third round”
8 Aug 1966 Page 19 “A black eye for British boxing”
9 Aug 1966 Page 17 “A champion fighting on two fronts. Risk of violent racial flare-up if Draft Board make a ‘martyr’ of Muhammad”
9 Sep 1966 Page 27 “‘New image’ Clay ready to go home. After Mildenberger, a ‘dummy run’ in America”
10 Sep 1966 Page 22 “Clay could beat old Joe’s record. Mildenberger will last as long as Super- MACC thinks fit”
11 Sep 1966 Pages 1 and 39 “Cassius, but Karl makes him sweat. Clay admits German was his hardest”
14 Nov 1966 Page 27 Preview of title fight against Cleveland ‘Big Cat’ Williams
16 Nov 1966 Pages 26 & 27 “Ruthlessly, Clay shows what boxing is all about. No doubt now - he is one of the greats”
8 Feb 1967 Pages 22 & 23 “I’ve never seen Clay so cruel..so dirty!” Cassius Clay defeats Ernie Terrell
25 Mar 1967 Page 23 “Now Clay faces real crunch – will it be jail?”
1 Aug 1967 Page 7 “‘It ain’t no use trying to draft angels’”
23 Apr 1968 Page 9 “The next martyr – which is how Muhammad Ali now sees his future”
22 Oct 1970 Page 27 “This mouth was made for talking!”
28 Oct 1970 Pages 26 & 27 “Othello returns in triumph” Cassius Clay defeats Jerry Quarry 9 Dec 1970 Page 26 “Suddenly, the Black Prince is made to look mortal” Cassius Clay defeats Oscar Bonavena
5 Mar 1971 Page 26 “The black Hamlet hams it up”
10 Mar 1971 Pages 12 & 13 “The broken butterfly. But, in defeat, Clay became so much more of a man” Cassius Clay is defeated by Joe Frazier
29 June 1971 Page 2 “Clay wins bid to stay out of jail”
28 July 1971 Page 26 Cassius Clay defeats Jimmy Ellis
19 Nov 1971 Page 30 “Merciful Muhammad. ‘I didn’t have it in my heart to KO Buster’” Muhammad Ali defeats Buster Mathis
28 Dec 1971 Page 25 Muhammad Ali defeats Jurgen Blin
2 Apr 1972 Page 34 Muhammad Ali defeats Mac Foster
29 June 1972 Page 22 Muhammad Ali defeats Jerry Quarry
20 July 1972 Back page Muhammad Ali defeats Al Lewis
16 page pictorial section
20 Sep 1972 Page 30 “My tip is Ali to finish Floyd in 8!”
22 Sep 1972 Pages 30 & 31 Muhammad Ali defeats Floyd Patterson
20 Nov 1972 Page 29 “Gambling Ali still calling the odds”
21 Nov 1972 Page 26 “I’ll take Ali to crunch my hunch!”
23 Nov 1972 Pages 26 & 27 “Ali on a switchback of cruelty and class” Muhammad Ali defeats Bob Foster
8 Feb 1973 Page 26 “He’s the old lean mean Ali…”
12 Feb 1973 Page 28 Preview of Muhammad Ali v Joe Bugner
13 Feb 1973 Pages 10 & 11 “The Las Vegas gamble that’s sure to be a winner..”
15 Feb 1973 Back page “Bugner gets a pounding. The blood flows as Ali cuts up Joe in the first round”
2 Apr 1973 Back page “Ali – no more fights?” Ken Norton defeats Muhammad Ali
17 July 1973 Page 23 “The axeman at Deer Lake. Ali in his hideaway training camp, chopping his way to fitness”
11 Sep 1973 Back page “Ali in a mean mood. No clowning as he thumps Norton”
21 Oct 1973 Page 40 Muhammad Ali defeats Rudi Lubbers
28 Jan 1974 Page 29 Preview of Muhammad Ali v Joe Frazier
30 Jan 1974 Pages 30 & 31 “The astonishing Ali. His next one must be Foreman for the title” Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier
27 Oct 1974 Pages 40 & 41 “Whistle in the dark. Ali’s last round-up?” 31 Oct 1974 Pages 26 & 27 “By Allah! Ali is supreme. ‘He proved he can master any other man’” Muhammad Ali defeats George Foreman
2 Nov 1974 Page 9 “The thoughts of champion Ali – ‘It’s hard to be humble when you’re as good as I am’”
24 Mar 1975 Back page Preview of Muhammad Ali v Chuck Wepner
26 Mar 1975 Pages 26 & 27 “I tried to kill him, says Ali. Wepner was on the ropes with his hands completely down and I still tried to get at him, annihilate him. I had no mercy”
18 May 1975 Page 41 Muhammad Ali defeats Ron Lyle
1 July 1975 Front and back “Ali is still champ” Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Bugner
18 Sep 1975 Page 17 “Ali’s kid gloves”
30 Sep 1975 Pages 26 & 27 “Frazier will fall! One cluster of Ali specials can settle it early”
2 Oct 1975 Pages 26 & 27 “‘It was next to death’…So tough that Ali says: I’ll never go in with Joe again” Muhammad Ali defeats Joe Frazier
22 Feb 1976 Pages 42 & 43 Muhammad Ali defeats Jean-Pierre Coopman
2 May 1976 Page 40 Muhammad Ali defeats Jimmy Young
24 May 1976 Pages 1, 30 & 31 Preview of Muhammad Ali v Richard Dunn
26 May 1976 Pages 30 & 31 Muhammad Ali defeats Richard Dunn
28 Sep 1976 Page 30 Preview of Muhammad Ali v Ken Norton
30 Sep 1976 Page 30 Muhammad Ali defeats Ken Norton
1 Oct 1977 Page 30 Muhammad Ali defeats Earnie Shavers
17 Feb 1978 Page 26 Leon Spinks defeats Muhammad Ali
2 Aug 1978 Page 26 “Behind the Glove: 1960-65 ‘His name was Clay’”
3 Aug 1978 Page 26 “Behind the Glove: 1965-78 ‘The days of farce’”
17 Sep 1978 Pages 36 & 37 “Ali really is the greatest” Muhammad Ali defeats Leon Spinks
1 Oct 1980 Page 38 Preview of Muhammad Ali v Larry Holmes
4 Oct 1980 Pages 30 and back “Brave Ali could not beat the cruel years” Larry Holmes defeats Muhammad Ali
18 Nov 1981 Page 3 “Ali – fighting his way back to fitness”
13 Dec 1981 Pages 36 & 37 “End of our Ali” Trevor Berbick defeats Muhammad Ali
14 Jan 1992 Pages 30 & 31 “Ali-lujah! He’s 50 not out” Birthday special on boxing’s living legend
21 July 1996 Page 62 Ali lights the Olympic flame in Atlanta, Georgia 8 page pictorial section
TOTAL PAGES 180