1963 Sports Illustrated Magazine Volume 18 Issue 23 CGC 7.5 - Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) First Sports Illustrated Cover!

Graded 7.5 by CGC. June 10, 1963, Sports Illustrated magazine featuring Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) on the cover. The cover features a photo of Clay juxtaposed against a backdrop of London's "Big Ben" with the caption reading "Cassius Invades Britain." The issue was published a week before Clay defeated British boxer Henry Cooper at Wembley Stadium and marks Clay's first appearance on the cover of the magazine. To date, Clay (Ali) has been on the cover of Sports Illustrated 40 times.