Cassius Clay vs. Tony Esperti was a professional boxing match contested on January 17, 1961.[1]
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| Date | January 17, 1961 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Venue | Miami Beach Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Clay won by TKO in 3rd round (1:30) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Background
editThe fight took place on Clay's 19th birthday and was part of the undercard to Gomeo Brennan vs. Cecil Shorts. Esperti was making his first appearance inside the ring in 6 years.
The fight
editClay won the bout through a technical knockout when the referee stopped the fight in the third round after Esparti's left eye had been cut by Clay's jabs.
Aftermath
editEsperti was later convicted of first degree murder for gunning down mafia boss Thomas Altamura, a member of the Gambino crime family.[2][3][4][5]
Undercard
editConfirmed bouts:[6]
References
edit- ^ "Muhammad Ali vs. Tony Esperti". boxrec.com. BoxRec. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
- ^ Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. pp. 38.
- ^ Felix Dennis & Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 37.
- ^ "Revisiting Miami's Most Famous Mob Hit". Ocean Drive. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "In Miami, the murder plots rival the movie plots". Miami Herald. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
- ^ "BoxRec - event".
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