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The archive: Cassius Clay

Whatever happened to the guy whom Muhammad Ali beat in his first profes-sional fight, 47 years ago today?

Whatever happened to the guy whom Muhammad Ali beat in his first profes-sional fight, 47 years ago today?

Ali was still called Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr, named after his father, when he fought Tunney Hunsaker before 6000 fans in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky.