On this day The Beatles were taken to the training camp of boxer Cassius Clay - later known as Muhammad Ali - who was preparing for his 25 February fight against heavyweight champion Sonny Liston.
Obviously we were having an effect, because all these people were clamouring to meet us - like Muhammad Ali, for instance. We were taken to meet him on that first trip. It was a big publicity thing. It was all part of being a Beatle, really; just getting lugged around and thrust into rooms full of press men taking pictures and asking questions. Muhammad Ali was quite cute, he had a fight coming up in a couple of days with Sonny Liston. There is a famous picture of him holding two of us under each arm.
George Harrison
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The meeting took place at Miami's Fifth Street gym.
I sparred with Cassius Clay, as he was called then - I taught him everything he knew. That was a thrill, of course, and I was putting my money on Liston, so I really knew what was happening!
Ringo Starr
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Anthology
In the evening The Beatles went to a drive-in movie, where they watched Elvis Presley in Fun In Acapulco.
I just found a matted print still in wrapping in my closet of the 2nd print shown here. Titled: Muhammad Ali & The Beatles 5th st. Gym Miami Beach,Fla. Is it worth anything unsigned?
The more real you get the more unreal it's gonna get