It's hard to imagine now: barely having a clue who the Beatles were, or the man who would become Muhammad Ali. The New York Times had plucked Lipsyte from the feature department to go to Miami Beach and cover the heavyweight boxing title fight between champ Sonny Liston and the upstart Cassius Clay, who would later change his name to Ali. Now they were being led up a stairway in the gym where Clay trained, with an unwitting Lipsyte swept along.
Saturday, 4 June 2016
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