The Heavyweight Championship of the World: Cassius Clay versus Sonny Liston - Production & Contact Info

The Heavyweight Championship of the World: Cassius Clay versus Sonny Liston (1964)
TV Special | 46 min | Sport

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The Heavyweight Championship of the World: Cassius Clay versus Sonny Liston (1964)

TV Special | 46 min | Sport

This was the first heavyweight title fight between Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali) and Sonny Liston. Clay won the fight by technical knockout (TKO) after six rounds, when Liston failed to answer the bell for the seventh round.

Director

Marshall Diskin

Producer

Robert F. White

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Updated Feb 25, 1964

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Feb 25, 1964 (United States)

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14 cast members

Name	Known for
Muhammad Ali Self (as Cassius Clay) Self (as Cassius Clay) See fewer	The Greatest (1977)
Drew Bundini Brown Self Self See fewer	Shaft (1971)
Angelo Dundee Self Self See fewer	Cinderella Man (2005)
Steve Ellis Self - Ringside Commentator (as Stephen Ellis) Self - Ringside Commentator (as Stephen Ellis) See fewer	The Tarnished Angels (1957)
Barney Felix Self - Referee Self - Referee See fewer	Floyd Patterson vs. Don Grant (1955)
Sonny Liston Self Self See fewer	Head (1968)
Joe Louis Self - Ringside Commentator Self - Ringside Commentator See fewer	This Is the Army (1943)
Eddie Machen Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Slag för slag (1958)
Rocky Marciano Self - Audience Member Self - Audience Member See fewer	College Confidential (1960)
Jack Nilon Self Self See fewer	World's Heavyweight Championship Fight: Floyd Patterson vs. Charles 'Sonny' Liston (1962)
Joe Palino Self - Cornerman Self - Cornerman See fewer	The Heavyweight Championship of the World: Cassius Clay versus Sonny Liston (1964)
Willie Pastrano Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	The Wild Rebels (1967)
Sugar Ray Robinson Self - Guest Self - Guest See fewer	Candy (1968)
Luis Rodriguez Self - Guest (as Luis Manuel Rodríguez) Self - Guest (as Luis Manuel Rodríguez) See fewer	ABC's Wide World of Sports (1961)