--- title: Muhammad Ali: Behind TIME's Cover description: The Muhammad Ali photo that appears on TIME's new cover was captured in 1963 by Philippe Halsman, a prolific portrait photographer canonical: https://time.com/4357508/muhammad-ali-time-cover-philippe-halsman/ author: Katie Reilly article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-04T15:28:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-15T00:52:16.000Z article:section: Sports og:title: Behind TIME's New Muhammad Ali Cover og:description: Philippe Halsman was one of the premier photographers of the 20th century og:url: https://time.com/4357508/muhammad-ali-time-cover-philippe-halsman/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4c26d2f792f5a26/69889667fb4eac109488dc9e/muhammad-ali-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1120&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1120 og:image:height: 630 og:image:alt: muhammad-ali-fb og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Behind TIME's New Muhammad Ali Cover twitter:description: Philippe Halsman was one of the premier photographers of the 20th century twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltc4c26d2f792f5a26/69889667fb4eac109488dc9e/muhammad-ali-fb.jpg?branch=production&width=1120&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Behind TIME's New Muhammad Ali Cover > Sponsored content. 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Neil Leifer’s iconic image of Muhammad Ali towering triumphant over Sonny Liston pinpoints the moment Ali became a larger-than-life legend_  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:52 AM UTCPublished: Jun 4, 2016 3:28 PM UTC  Philippe Halsman—Magnum Photos  by [Katie Reilly](https://time.com/author/katie-reilly/)  ## Katie Reilly Updated: Dec 15, 2023 12:52 AM UTCPublished: Jun 4, 2016 3:28 PM UTC The image of [Muhammad Ali](http://time.com/muhammad-ali-dead/?xid=homepage) that appears on TIME’s new cover commemorating the boxing legend was taken in 1963 by [Philippe Halsman](http://time.com/3806779/surprising-playful-photos/), one of the most prolific portrait photographers of the 20th century. Halsman, who was born in Latvia in 1906 and died in New York in 1979, was deeply interested in psychology and spent hours engaging with his subjects about their interests. He [often asked them to jump](http://time.com/3974905/discover-the-genius-of-philippe-halsmans-surrealist-portraits/), and he noted that, in doing so, their “attention is mostly directed toward the act of jumping and the mask falls so that the real person appears.” One of Halsman’s most iconic photos, [_Dalí Atomicus_](https://www.moma.org/learn/moma%5Flearning/philippe-halsman-dali-atomicus-1948)_,_ depicted Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí playfully floating in mid-air alongside cats, easels, a chair and a stream of water. Among others—including those of Winston Churchill and Marilyn Monroe—Halsman’s photo of Ali, who died Friday at age 74, remains one of his most surprising images. Ali—who has been featured on the cover of TIME four times—first appeared on the cover in the issue [published March 22, 1963](http://time.com/3537815/muhammad-ali-dead-the-dream/), when his name was still Cassius Clay. He again [appeared on the cover on Feb. 27, 1978](http://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,919377,00.html), featured in a story that concluded, “He is unlikely to go quietly into the past.” _For much more on Muhammad Ali, see TIME’s_ ALI: The Greatest_, a 112-page, fully illustrated commemorative edition. Available at retailers and at_ [_AMAZON.COM_](http://amzn.to/1rbALvP) ## Transcript [ MUSIC ] In the 60s and in the 50s, every boy knew two things. You could ask any young boy and he knew who won the World Series last year and he knew who the heavyweight champion of the world was. [ MUSIC ] Boxing was in its prime . >> Lewiston, Maine adopts the heavyweight championship fight. It's bigger than bingo in Lewiston. And the crowds of the curious gather early outside St. Dominic's arena, site of the fight. You know this fight took place in May of 1965. This was just right in the middle of the civil rights movement and the marches and Muhammad Ali. Had announced that he was changing his name. He had joined the black Muslim sect, which added to the anti- Ali feeling. In fact a good number of the American press refused to refer to him as Mohammad Ali. I mean here's a guy who changed his name legally, he wanted to be called Muhammad Ali. He clearly was entitled to have that happen and yet he wasn't. The fight in Lewiston was billed as the Clay- Liston fight. People didn't believe the first fight, Liston was considered invincible. Big bad Sonny Liston. When you looked at the first fight, Ali just creamed Liston. There were a lot of people that thought Liston didn't train. There were a lot of people that had a lot of excuses. And most people, boxing fans, couldn't wait for the rematch. Match. The challenger, who claims to be 31, is the first to enter the ring. Muhammad Ali, Cassius Clay, 23, champion, never defeated as an amateur or as a pro. In 1965, most sports fans In particular just didn't understand Muhammad Ali. And how could they? There had never been anyone like him. Athletes are supposed to be modest. 15 rounds or less, the world heavyweight title, the big fight, the big night, round number one. We're waiting [ SOUND ] for that bell, it's a loud one. Here we go. [ BLANK_AUDIO ] You'll note that Cassius wants to stay out in the center of the ring, where he happens to be the king. Muhammad threw, I don't know, maybe four punches at most in the whole fight. And one of them was this Punch which an awful lot of people still refer to as the phantom punch. Right hand shot on the chin And Ali won the rematch again, this time by knocking out Sonny Liston in two minutes in the first round. [ MUSIC ] I probably spent the two days or three days before the fight Battling electricians for current. You know we used to strobe light these arenas so that basically it was like shooting in a studio, shooting a fashion shoot, which is why the quality of the picture is so good. When you had a fight in those days it was primarily there were men in the audience, and a lot of cigar smoke. Well, the main event, the championship fight, wouldn't take place until 10, 10: 30 11 o' clock. By that time there was this fog. Now believe it or not, the strobe lights shooting through that put this little blue cast in the background and it made it just a but more dramatic. Black. I had no idea I had taken this picture. I had no idea that he had put his arm across his chest. I didn't know he was shouting down at him. I certainly didn't hear a word. It's hard to believe how quickly that moment happened. In fact, my photograph is without question the only color photograph of this moment. When I flew back to New York the next day with the film, I picked up the newspaper and there was my picture taken two seats to my left, photographer named Rooney, he got exactly this picture. Now but he got it natural light. I mean everyone ran Rooney's picture, was taken for Associated Press. I was on assignment for Sports Illustrated, so my photograph didn't run anywhere else. It didn't run on the cover of the magazine. It was page four in a four page color portfolio from the fight. Couple of people came by and told me nice picture Niel. And it was never Considered anything special. I think this picture became the iconic image people consider it today to be because Mohammad Ali became the iconic sports legend that he's become. As Ali's legend grew And as Ali got older and people wanted to remember him at his absolute best. And they knocked out big bad Sally Weston in one round. 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