CASSIUS CLAY
LEE D. JENKINS
Cassius Clay Prepares For Pro Ring Jump
For those who possess the special talents for extending themselves into the future the newest outlet for said talents could easily be in forecasting the boxing career of Olympic light heavyweight champion Cassius Marcellus Clay. The gleam of gonden fistic rewards burns brightly in the eyes of the recent gold medal winner. Certain screwy edicts concerning amateurism have prevented him from broadcasting his intended break with the simon-pures but he of the classic Roman moniker is ready to make the move into the professional ranks.
His course is pretty well laid out and illuminated by the bright lights and fat paychecks have been srewn along the path of another Olympic champion of a couple of Ilympiads past, heavy-weight champion Floyd Patterson.
A recent graduate of Louisville's Central High school, 18 years old Clay knocked off the strange and unpronounceable named Pole southpaw Zbignelw Pietrzykowski in the Olympic finals for what is destined to be his final performance for free. The Olympic medal was a must get his pro aspirations off the floor even though he had racked up two national Golden Gloves titles.
Chicago Defender, sábado, 24 de setembro de 1960
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