Statue of Muhammad Ali Unveiled in Maine, 60 Years After Famous Fight

A statue of Muhammad Ali was unveiled in Lewiston on May 31, as a symbol of "pride, resilience, and renewal for a city still healing from the worst mass shooting in Maine," city officials https://lewistonmaine.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=2915&month=4&year=2023&day=27&calType=0 said . Footage here by John Xuereb shows people cheering and applauding as the statue is unveiled. Xuereb told Storyful that the bronze statue was 10 feet tall. The statue commemorates the famous 1965 rematch between Ali and Sonny Liston, which the city of Lewiston https://lewistonmaine.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=2915&month=4&year=2023&day=27&calType=0 hosted . Tom Platz, a community leader, https://lewistonmaine.gov/Calendar.aspx?EID=2915&month=4&year=2023&day=27&calType=0 said that the statue represented "our roots - immigrant, working class, tough, and our belief that something great can come from even the most unexpected places." Eighteen people https://newswire.storyful.com/story/296882 were killed and 13 were injured in a mass shooting in Lewiston on October 27 2023. (Footage by John Xuereb/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)