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Meanings of Cassius Clay in English

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muhammad ali
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muhammad ali

United States prizefighter who won the world heavyweight championship three times (born in 1942)

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        Usage of Cassius Clay in English
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        A picture of Cassius Clay standing over a concussed Sonny Liston.
        Ebony
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        Davy Ray would say later that it was like watching Cassius Clay in action.
        Boy’s Life
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        Johnny looked as if he'd taken a Cassius Clay roundhouse punch to the noggin.
        Boy’s Life
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        His braggadocio, even before he changed his name from Cassius Clay, startled white America.
        Reuters
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        Chubby Checker and Cassius Clay are the same man.
        Black Deutschland
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        My daughter got nappy hair! he beamed, as if I'd meant to look like Cassius Clay.
        Ebony
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        The fight itself saw "Prince" Charles come to the ring like an own-brand Cassius Clay.
        The Guardian
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        Facebook Twitter Pinterest Ali, then Cassius Clay, and Floyd Patterson spar during their first fight, in 1965.
        The Guardian
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        The great Muhammad Ali, who died this year, won the Olympic light-heavyweight title in 1960 as Cassius Clay.
        Reuters
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        BOXING: George Kimball recounts the story of the seminal Sonny Liston- Cassius Clay fight of February 1964 that changed boxing.
        The Irish Times
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        I remember hearing Wendell Phillips, Emerson, Cassius Clay, John P. Hale, Beecher, Fred Douglas, the Burleighs, Garrison, and others.
        Complete Prose Works / Specimen Days and Collect, November Bough...
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        As Cassius Clay, the young Louisville fighter lit up his sport by winning an Olympic gold medal in Rome at 18.
        The Irish Times
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        Some, like boxing gold medallist Cassius Clay in 1960, use the Olympics as a platform for glory in a different arena.
        Reuters
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        He painted about a dozen portraits of Ali, Zabor said, befriending the boxer when he was still known as Cassius Clay.
        Reuters
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        Dining with Toombs in New York just after the event, he said to me: Seen the story about old Cassius Clay?
        Destruction and Reconstruction: / Personal Experiences of the La...
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        A young David Coleman interviewed the Beatles and heard how they met Cassius Clay in America just before he fought Sonny Liston.
        The Irish Times
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