A Shocking Upset on South Beach

Muhammad Ali is the greatest of all-time, but that wasn't always the case. Sixty-one years ago this week, he was an enormous underdog against the heavyweight champion of the world, just a mouth with no chance of winning the belt. But history is full of surprises.

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