Having skipped over dozens of what seemed overblown stories in several newspapers about Ali, I got stopped with this one and am glad I was.
The brash young fighter ran from a punch, they said, and he was hanging out with Malcolm X and the Muslims.
It’s all about lead-up to the Sonny Liston fight. Read it.
Source: When Ali was still Clay, the old white sportswriters didn’t know what to think – The Washington Post
Blithe Spirit 