Cassius Clay vs. Tony Esperti

Cassius Clay vs. Tony Esperti
Date	January 17, 1961
Venue	Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida
Tale of the tape
Boxer
Boxer	Cassius Clay
Nickname
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Pre-fight record	2-0
Height	6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Weight	195 lb (88 kg)
Style	Orthodox
Result
	Clay won by TKO in 3rd round (1:30)

Cassius Clay (soon Muhammad Ali) fought a ten-round boxing match with Tony Esperti in Miami on January 17, 1961. Clay won the bout through a technical knockout when the referee stopped the fight in the third round after Esparti's left eye had been cut by Clay's jabs. Esperti was later convicted of first degree murder for gunning down mafia boss Thomas Altamura, a member of the Gambino crime family.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

References edit

^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 38.
^ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 37.
^ "Revisiting Miami's Most Famous Mob Hit". Ocean Drive. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
^ "In Miami, the murder plots rival the movie plots". Miami Herald. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

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[Hauser-1] Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 38.

[Glory_Years-2] Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 37.

[Ocean_Drive-3] "Revisiting Miami's Most Famous Mob Hit". Ocean Drive. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

[MH-4] "In Miami, the murder plots rival the movie plots". Miami Herald. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.

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