Muhammad Ali, Professional Boxer
Muhammad Ali first won the world heavyweight championship title in 1964 but was stripped of it three years later after he refused induction into the army. Ali regained the title in 1974 and in 1978, making him the first boxer to become world heavyweight champion three times.
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Muhammad Ali at a Glance
Muhammad Ali biography and other important facts.
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942) is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion and winner of an Olympic Light-heavyweight gold medal. In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and the BBC.
Ali was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr., who was named for the 19th century
abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay. Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964 and subsequently converted to Islam in 1975.
Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942. His father, Clay Sr., painted billboards and signs, and his mother, Odessa Grady Clay, was a household domestic. Although Clay Sr. was a Methodist, he allowed Odessa to bring up both Clay boys as Baptists.
Ali dropped out of Louisville Central High, a local basketball power, finishing 369th of 391 seniors in the class of 1960, and often traveling to fight on weekends. A principal named Atwood argued in his favor, stating to his colleagues that the boy should be given a Certificate of Attendance, given that "...one day he'll be making more money than everyone in this room." See Muhammad Ali.
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- Cash Us Clay Cash Us Clay Jul 22, 2009 @ 10:31 am | in reply to Lucio Blanco
- and I can see how some Eye tal yun would endorse Malcom X, a promulgator of violence.
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- Cash Us Clay Cash Us Clay Jul 22, 2009 @ 10:28 am | in reply to Lucio Blanco
- Your credibility was shot when the best you could meniton was Jack Johnson. And the latter change of postion is called "conversion;" we have that in Christianity also. And Ali wasn't lying about Joe Frazier - her was very, very dumb...at about the IQ level of a gorilla.
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- Lucio Blanco Lucio Blanco Jun 3, 2009 @ 4:31 pm
- I wish someone would expose Ali for the phony he really was and is....I am a big boxing fan and I know the history extremely well going back to Jack Johnson who is a much more impressive figure than Ali.
Ali was a great great fighter for sure but the person is a different story.
Example # 1: Right after he was drafted he was interviewed and he did not have anything to say about freedom or racial issues, all he could talk about is why should he have to go since the government takes so much from him via taxes. It was all about him BUT soon after Malcom X (who I respect) got a hold of him and suddenly Ali is a Muslim fighting for freedom - TOTAL PHONY!
Example #2: Before one of the fights with Joe Frazier, in front of many cameras he pulled out a rubber gorilla and started hitting it saying it was Joe and in so many words calling him a dumb ape - PATHETIC! To this day, almost 40 years later Joe Frazier has not forgotten this terrible behavior. Ali was NOT A GREAT MAN...not close...
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- EverythingMouse EverythingMouse Dec 9, 2008 @ 7:26 am
- I thought it was so touching when he appeared on Dancing With the Stars to support his daughter. A truly great sportsman
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- darelief darelief Sep 21, 2008 @ 8:01 am
- A great lens 5***.
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- poddys poddys May 11, 2008 @ 9:52 pm
- A nice tribute to a really great guy. From being a cocky young champ, he grew into a very nice considerate caring guy. Lived close to him in Indiana (he lives in Southern Michigan) but never had the chance to meet him.
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- Tom_Kane Tom_Kane Dec 9, 2007 @ 3:49 am
- Great lens. I have created a Muhmammad Ali forum for the purposes of discussion and debate about Boxing's greatest exponent. I'd be honoured if you'd click here to check it out.
Regards,
Tom
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- ShawnsBidness ShawnsBidness Oct 23, 2007 @ 9:46 pm
- Wonderful lens on a great man. Violent in the ring but so kind outside of it. Thanks for portraying him on this lens.
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