Celebrity Fight Night Foundation Merges with Gateway for Cancer Research to Deliver a Knockout Blow to Cancer
Dr. Stacie and Richard J Stephenson assume volunteer leadership roles at Celebrity Fight Night, founded 27 years ago by Jimmy Walker
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PHOENIX, May 20, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Celebrity Fight Night Foundation, an internationally recognized philanthropic organization that has generated more than $90 million in charitable funding throughout its 27-year history, is merging with Gateway for Cancer Research, a global sponsor of innovative, patient-centric, clinical cancer research. The merger puts Gateway s Chairman and Vice Chair, Richard J Stephenson and Dr. Stacie J. Stephenson, respectively, at the helm of the Phoenix-based Celebrity Fight Night organization, whose charity events are synonymous with star-studded support for advances in health and well-being. Celebrity Fight Night, whose work has supported a range of worthw
Muhammad Ali
On Feb. 25, 1964, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. fought his first bout against Sonny Liston.
Liston was the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Clay was the 22-year-old underdog. Clay beat Liston with a technical knockout in the sixth round and proclaimed “I am the greatest! I am the greatest! I’m the king of the world.”
Within days of the fight, “The King” renounced his slave name and adopted the last name “X”. Soon after he introduced himself to the world as Muhammad Ali. He is considered one of the greatest athletes of the twentieth centuries.
Ali was born on Jan. 17, 1942, in Louisville, Kentucky. As a child of the U.S. south, he grew up surrounded by racism and discrimination.