Not feet, but hands of Clay

A well-wrapped and padded pair of boxing gloves are essential, one would think, for victory in the ring. But arguably it was the defective nature of the left hand glove, pictured here, which gave Cassius Clay his win over Henry Cooper in 1963, after letting him off the hook.

In one of the most controversial heavyweight contests ever staged, 55,000 spectators turned up at We…

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