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The History of the Heavyweight Championship

The History of the Heavyweight Championship: 1963

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It's 1963, and Steve Bunce is continuing our tour through the best decade in the history of the heavyweight championship. It's all here: every fighter and fight that matters. Sonny Liston is the heavyweight champion but still searching for respect from the industry. Casius Clay pubicly taunts Liston into a fight, but will the money be right? "I'll get locked up for murder if I fight him," Liston says. For show notes, pictures and more, visit https://uk.sports.yahoo.com/boxing/

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