In Their Own Words

The Making of Cassius Clay

Clip: Season 1 Episode 2 | 3m 5s

Cassius Clay’s professional boxing career begins with his signing by The Louisville Sponsoring Group. His unorthodox boxing style and the development of his bold, witty, poetic and abrasive public persona, endeared him to a younger generation of boxing fans and earned him the enmity of some established boxing writers.