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Italy dominated boxing at the 1960 Summer Olympics, winning three gold medals and seven medals overall.Two of the gold medalists would later become Hall of Fame world champions in professional boxing: American Cassius Clay (later known as Muhammad Ali) and Italian Nino Benvenuti.
The 1960 Summer Olympics (Italian: Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad (Italian: Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 (Italian: Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held from 25 August to 11 September 1960 in Rome, Italy.
November 15 – Muhammad Ali (then Cassius Clay) knocks out former world Light Heavyweight champion Archie Moore in five rounds at Los Angeles. December 20 – Denny Moyer becomes the first world champion in history in the brand new Jr. Middleweight division, defeating Joey Giambra by a fifteen-round decision for the vacant title, Portland.
Cassius Clay and his trainer Joe E. Martin, January 1960 Clay defeated veteran Pole Zbigniew Pietrzykowski to win gold in the 1960 Summer Olympics. Clay was first directed toward boxing by Louisville police officer and boxing coach Joe E. Martin, [24] who encountered the 12-year-old fuming over a thief having taken his bicycle. He told the ...
Cassius Clay: Herb Siler: ... 1960 Olympic light heavyweight Gold Medallist: ... Cassius Clay's bouts 27 December 1960 Succeeded by. vs. Tony Esperti.
Cassius Clay (David Ramsey), winner of the gold medal for boxing in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics, rises in the professional ranks and defeats heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston in a stunning upset to capture the title in 1964.
On the other hand, Clay was a glib, fast-talking 22-year-old challenger who enjoyed the spotlight. Known as "The Louisville Lip", he had won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Italy. He had great hand and foot speed and lightning fast reflexes, not to mention a limitless supply of braggadocio. [6]
A United States Marine at the time, he competed in the men's heavyweight event at the 1960 Summer Olympics. [1] He had gained his place on the U.S. team by defeating another young boxer then known as Cassius Clay. In his first Olympic bout, Price defeated Ron Taylor of Australia, but he lost to Josef Němec of Czechoslovakia in the quarter ...