Cassius Clay vs. Tony Esperti

Cassius Clay (soon Muhammad Ali) fought a ten-round boxing match with Tony Esperti in Miami on January 17, 1961. Clay 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.Esperti was later convicted of first degree murder for gunning down mafia boss Thomas Altamura, a member of the Gambino crime family.[1][2][3][4]

References

  1. Thomas Hauser (1991). Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times. Simon & Schuster. p. 38.
  2. Felix Dennis and Don Atyeo (2003). Muhammad Ali: The Glory Years. miramax books. p. 37.
  3. "Revisiting Miami's Most Famous Mob Hit". Ocean Drive. 1 October 2012. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
  4. "In Miami, the murder plots rival the movie plots". Miami Herald. 17 June 2015. Retrieved 8 October 2016.


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