50 years ago:
Cassius Clay vs
Henry Cooper

Date posted: 18th June 2013

Today marks the 50th anniversary of a fight between a young Cassius Clay and British heavyweight veteran Henry Cooper in Wembley stadium –a fight that almost changed the course of history.

by Hugo Mc Cafferty
50 years ago the young pretender Cassius Clay took on Henry Cooper in a boxing match at Wembley stadium on his way to becoming Muhammad Ali and heavyweight champion of the world, the greatest of all time. It wasn’t the easy victory he expected however, with Cooper flooring Clay in the fourth with a heavy left hook.