Nikola from Maribor, Slovenia
What is your fondest memory of Ali?
It’s from the first Liston fight. He was Cassius Clay then and he was all new, brash and bold, a symbol of my generation, the baby boomers, and the old-timers hated him. Clay kicked off the ’60s. Before Homer Jones spiked the ball, Clay celebrated himself. Before Joe Namath guaranteed victory, Clay entertained us with, “Hence the crowd did not dream, when they laid down their money, that they would see a total eclipse of Sonny.” When Clay became Ali, the confrontation of youth vs.