Title from caption on object: “Cassius Wins World Heavyweight Championship”

February 25, 1964

Unknown 20th Century

Associated Names
Unknown, 20th Century

Artist

This is a photograph taken in a boxing ring. The image shows a boxer wearing boxing gloves and shorts being embraced or restrained by some individuals. The boxer's mouth is open. Bright lights illuminate the indoor arena, and ropes are visible at the bottom, indicating the scene is in a boxing ring. The image conveys a strong and emotional moment marked by movement and intensity.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    gelatin silver print

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mary and Dan Solomon

  • Dimensions

    image: 16.3 × 12 cm (6 7/16 × 4 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 16.6 × 12 cm (6 9/16 × 4 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.177.595

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Henry Yee, Ebay.com); Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso, by unknown hand, top left in blue ink underlined: CLAY / BOXING / 4/3/64.; center left Central Press Photos copyright stamp in purple ink perpendicular; center right printed in black ink perpendicular: CASSIUS WINS WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP / P-DPA G3026 26.2.64 / CASSIUS CLAY, 22, WON THE WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP / AT MIAMI BEACH, BEATING SONNY LISTON, WHO RETIRED FROM / THE CONTEST AND SURRENDERED HIS TITLE AT THE END OF SIX / ROUNDS. DOCTORES [sic], AFTER EXAMINING 12 X-RAY PLATES, DIAGNOSED / TORN TENDON IN THE LEFT SHOULDER OF LISTON. THERE ARE / STILL MANY RUMOURS FLYING ABOUT IN MIAMI. CASSIUS CLAY / [CL]AIMS THAT THERE WAS SOMETHING EITHER IN SONNY'S HAIR, / OR ON HIS GLOVES, WHICH MADE HIS EYES AND FACE BURN. / WHATEVER THE OUTCOME OF THIS CLAIM, THIS FIGHT WILL GO / DOWN IN BOXING HISTORY AS BEING ONE OF THE MOST EXCITING / FIGHTS EVER. / PHOTO SHOWS: / ONE OF CLAY'S [underlined in blue ink] SECONDS UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIES / TO RESTRAIN THE NEW CHAMPION AS HE RUSHES ACROSS THE RING / AFTER HIS VICTORY TO YELL TO THE RINGSIDE REPORTERS "EAT" / YOUR WORDS".

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