Alejandro Lavorante vs Cassius Clay

@ Los Angeles Public Library

Miller, Larry

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Used in the Exhibit: Play by Play - A Century of L.A. Sports Photography, 1889-1989"Lavorante will fall in five," proclaimed 20-year old Cassius Clay, nicknamed "The Mouth," before his fight with Alejandro Lavorante at the L.A. Sports Area. That night, Clay knocked out the Argentine heavyweight with a left hook in the...fifth round. Later that year, Lavorante fought John Riggins at the Olympic Auditorium. Knocked out in the sixth round, he slipped into a coma and died. Photo dated: July 20, 1962.

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