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Cassius Clay Upsets the Heavyweight Boxing Champ

By: Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor

February 25, 2016

Cassius Clay Upsets the Heavyweight Boxing Champ

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On this day in 1964, Cassius Clay upsets the defending heavyweight boxing champ Sonny Liston in a seventh-round technical knockout. Liston was an 8-1 favorite among the crowd, however after boasting that he would “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”, and claiming he would knock out Liston in the eighth round, Clay only missed his prediction by one round.

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Michael Passarelli, Fall Reporter/Editor

Michael Passarelli is 18 years old and a senior at Colonia High School. He is involved with numerous clubs at the school including Marching Band, Jazz Band, and was involved with the Directors Showcase for the theatre program during the fall semester. In the band he plays bass guitar and trumpet and during the 2014 season of Marching Band he was in percussion, and in the 2015 season he played bass guitar for the pit. Passarelli plans to eventually start a career in law enforcement although he has already acquired many skills and is very interested in possibly pursuing a career in construction. He plans to major in Business Management in college.

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