FILE - Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25, 1965, in ...

Muhammad Ali believed there was one fighter in boxing history that ranks as the greatest of all time alongside himself.

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Tuesday marked 50 years since Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, "shocked the world" and beat Sonny Liston — one of the greatest fighters to ever step in the boxing ring.

Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali does a bit of dancing in the foreground as challenger Sonny Liston is weighed in the background at Lewiston, Maine, arena, May 25, 1965. (AP Photo) ...

Muhammad Ali didn't immediately go to a neutral corner, which delayed the count. And by the time things got rolling, we're about a-minute-56 in. Liston's back up, and the two fighters re-engage.

Ali wore the robe, which is made of white terry cloth and has “Muhammad Ali” stitched in red on the back, before his eagerly anticipated rematch with Liston on May 25, 1965, at the Central ...

EDITOR'S NOTE: On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston in the first round of a heavyweight bout that produced one of the strangest finishes in boxing history as well as one of sports ...

The Robe Muhammad Ali Wore Before His Second Sonny Liston Fight Could Sell for $500,000 The rematch, which ended in a first-round knockout, was the first the boxer fought as Muhammad Ali.