“I shook up the world! I’m the greatest thing that ever lived!”
Let’s go back to Miami Beach, February 25, 1964. That was the day the 22-year-old Cassius Clay — who a month later would officially change his name to Muhammad Ali — did the unthinkable. He backed up his words by beating the great Sonny Liston to become the heavyweight champion. The Louisville Lip proved he was not only the baddest man on the planet, but a prophet to boot. The date lives forever, and what he said is timeless.
“I shook up the world! I’m the greatest thing that ever lived!”
Over half a century later, those words are still undisputed.
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