Muhammad Ali meet The Beatles

Tuesday 18/02/1964
On this day The Beatles were taken to the training camp of boxer Cassius Clay – later known as Muhammad Ali – who was preparing for his 25 February fight against heavyweight champion Sonny Liston.
«Obviously we were having an effect, because all these people were clamouring to meet us – like Muhammad Ali, for instance. We were taken to meet him on that first trip. It was a big publicity thing. It was all part of being a Beatle, really; just getting lugged around and thrust into rooms full of press men taking pictures and asking questions. Muhammad Ali was quite cute, he had a fight coming up in a couple of days with Sonny Liston. There is a famous picture of him holding two of us under each arm.» [George Harrison, Anthology].
The meeting took place at Miami’s Fifth Street gym.
«I sparred with Cassius Clay, as he was called then – I taught him everything he knew. That was a thrill, of course, and I was putting my money on Liston, so I really knew what was happening! » [Ringo Starr, Anthology].
In the evening The Beatles went to a drive-in movie, where they watched Elvis Presley in Fun In Acapulco.
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