Cassius Clay vs. Tony Esperti
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cassius Clay vs. Tony Esperti was a professional boxing match contested on January 17, 1961.[1]
Background
[edit]The 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
[edit]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.
Aftermath
[edit]Esperti 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
[edit]Confirmed 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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