Cassius Clay looks at the four Beatles as they lay on the floor of the ring where Clay is training for his heavyweight title fight with Sonny Lision.
Clay , Beatles Get Mixed
Miami Beach somehow, got the Beatles. It also got Cassius Clay and Sonny Liston. Taken separately even at odd times, this should be enough to satisfy any town.
But these various attractions got mixed up together and it’s too much.
One could be excused for hoping the the fight between heavyweight champion Liston and Clay now will drift quietly toward the deadline Feb.25 in Conveotion Hall. One could count on it.
The four British rock n rollers dropped in on Clay’s training quarters Thuesday, Naturally the British were more interested in getting headlines for themeselves than in building up Clay’s fight. But “The Greatest” was so honored by the visit .
“When Sonny Liston picks up paper and ses
“That the Beatles came to see me, “He will become so angered That I will knock him out in three”
At the Surfside Community Center where Liston trains the champion also was pleased. He expressed the hope that publicity attracted by Clay and the Beatles would be reflected at the box office”
“Clay” he said “is my million dollar baby”
The Beatles got their pictures taken by mob of U.S. and British news photographers, but they obviously were not as happy about the whole thing as happy Cassius and Sonny were.
No teen-agers were present There was no outburst of enthusias, The fight mob took litle notice of the shaggy-haired visitors except one who remarked “Who’s dem characters?”
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