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I don't have a mark on my face, and I'm upset, I'm innocent, and I just turned 22 years

old.

I must be the greatest.

I must be the greatest.

That is what 22-year-old Caches Clay, who would become Muhammad Ali, said after defeating

Sonny Liston in 1964, to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

But as Ali would prove to us, greatness is not defined in moments of victory.

It is defined in the moments after a defeat.

Greatness is in the comeback.

Three years after winning the championship, Ali was stripped of his title.

He had his license suspended, and he was not allowed to leave the country because of

his refusal to be drafted into the U.S. military.

Had a license to earn a living for nearly four years, Ali went broke.

His rival, Joe Frazier, who succeeded Ali as champion, had to loan Ali money to fight

his court case in order to get his license reinstated.

That set the stage for the fight of the century.

On March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden, even Frank Sinatra couldn't get a ring-side

seat.

In the 15th and final round, Frazier forward Ali with a hard left hook, Ali struggled

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