World Stage: An Olympic Introduction to the Greatest of All Time

Sporting Profiles Card featuring the Official Boxing Program from the 1960 Rome Olympic Games, from a set of 50 featuring fight programs and descriptions of bouts from Muhammad Ali's illustrious boxing career. The back of this card reads, "Clay's opening bout was against Belgian Yvon Becaus who was unable to cope with the young American's combination punches and was stopped in the 2nd round. Next up was the Russian Guennadiy Shatkov who was Olympic middleweight champion 4 years before; he was far more experienced than his opponent but Clay's superior ability saw him through to an undisputed victory. In the semi-final the 18 year old met up with old rival Tony Madigan whom he had beaten the previous year in the National Golden Gloves. The aggressive  Australian pressed forward throughout the 3 rounds but Clay boxed intelligently on the retreat, scoring effectively to register another unanimous points win. His opponent in the final was Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, a 25 year old southpaw. Pietrzykowski was a triple European champion and an Olympic bronze medalist but Clay handled him with surprising ease once he had solved the problem of Pole's awkward style. In the last round the Louisville youngster administered a fearful battering, opening up a cut over Pietrzykowski's left eye and rendering him out on his feet at the bell."

Sports Profiling Card donated to the Muhammad Ali Center by Tony Gee in 2017.