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Ali, Muhammad (b.1942) Three time Heavyweight Champion of the World. Won the Olympic Gold Medal in Rome (1960). One of the most recognized faces and names in the world. Offered in a miniature boxing glove signed by Ali with his extremely rare signature “Cassius X”. Ali signed this glove, by special request, at a sports show on September 9, 1990. This exact glove was used as a half page illustration on page 19 of The Collector’s Guide To Muhammad Ali Autographs. A copy of the limited edition of this book signed by all three authors is included with this glove. We quote from the book: “A week before Clay’s big Championship fight with Sonny Liston (February 25, 1964) Clay was called to take an examination at the induction Center in Coral Gables, Florida. Clay took the test and signed it with a large signature ‘Cassius X’. This is the first time he signed his name this way. After scoring the test, the supervisor of the Induction Center asked Clay ‘what does the X mean?’ Clay responded by saying that he was a member of the Nation of Islam and that they rejected names handed to them by former slave masters. The ‘X’ took the place of their real but unknown black names. The name Cassius X lasted less than three weeks.” 
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