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SI Media Podcast: Featuring Neil Leifer on Muhammad Ali

Episode No. 61 of the Sports Illustrated Media Podcast features the acclaimed sports and news photographer Neil Leifer.

Muhammad Ali Commemorative

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On this episode, Leifer discusses his many memorable photographs of Muhammad Ali including his personal favorite — the ariel photograph of Ali knocking out Cleveland Williams at the Houston Astrodome in Nov. 1966. He also discusses the famed shot of then-Cassius Clay standing over Sonny Liston after retaining the heavyweight championship in May 1965 in Lewiston, Maine; why Ali was such a perfect photo subject; his first posed photo shoot with Ali when Leifer was 22 years old; how he and Ali became close friends in the last 25 years of his life; how he approached shooting photos of Ali; shooting Ali for his 70th birthday; the last time he interacted with Lonnie Ali, the wife of Muhammad; and much more. Leifer's images are currently on display at Los Angeles’s Peter Fetterman Gallery and you can also see them on Leifer's website.

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