After that fight he told everybody that he would be the champion of the world. ... He had gotten a lot of brain damage from boxing that in his old age he could not speak and function But, this does not affect "the butterfly" in his daily life. 3 In 1960, he won the Olympic Light - Heavyweight Championship over Heavy Weight Champion Sonny Liston. ... He was the first boxer to benefit from international television, as it makes him known to the world. ...

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