Fighting on your birthday - not a lot of boxers do that !!
On his 19th birthday, and only his 3rd 'pro' fight, in Miami,' The Greatest' at a slender 195 pounds, whupped Tony Esperti into a 3rd round stoppage of a scheduled 8 round mismatch :)
and the legend began...
17 fights and 3 years later he SHOOK UP THE WORLD by whupping Sonny Liston, and the rest is history.
AHM PRETTY............AHM FAST.......AHM A BAA-AAD MAN.