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A city in Maine unveiled a statue of Muhammad Ali over the weekend. It captures Ali the night of his "phantom punch" in 1965, when he knocked out Sonny Liston. Sign up for our Newsletters That ...
LEWISTON, Maine — The looming figure of Muhammad Ali arrived in Lewiston once more - this time, permanently. Nearly 60 years to the day since Ali's historic heavyweight title fight against Sonny ...
A statue of Muhammad Ali was unveiled in Lewiston on May 31, as a symbol of “pride, resilience, and renewal for a city still healing from the worst mass shooting in Maine,” city officials said.
And so, to my knowledge, Lewiston, Maine, now has the only statue of Muhammad Ali, with a face that still brings a smile to his widow. "They did a really good job," she said when I held a photo up ...
Muhammad Ali statue installed in Maine ahead of unveiling ceremony. Story by Jamie Azulay and Connor Clement • 6m. After 10 years of sculpting, the city of Lewiston is ready to unveil a statue ...
Sculptor Zenos Frudakis used photos from Muhammad Ali’s 1965 defeat of Sonny Liston to create the larger than life statue that will be installed in Lewiston, Maine. (Emma Lee/WHYY) The fight was ...
On May 25, the anniversary of the fight, he and others will unveil a 10-foot bronze statue of Ali in front of Bates Mill No. 5 on Main Street that promises to become one of Maine’s most ...
LEWISTON, Maine — A city in Maine unveiled a statue of Muhammad Ali over the weekend. It captures Ali the night of his "phantom punch" in 1965, when he knocked out Sonny Liston.
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