Muhammad Ali AP Photo Muhammad Ali, former world heavyweight boxing champion, toys with the finely combed hair of television sports commentator Howard Cosell before the start of the Olympic boxing trials, August
The great irony of Ali's career is that he fought his three greatest fights after his return -- after the exile had diminished him -- beginning when Joe Frazier beat him in their epic battle in 1971. Frazier dropped him in the 15th round with a left hook that traveled north and connect...
The Muhammad Ali Sports Humanitarian Award is given to an athlete whose continuous, demonstrated leadership has created a measured positive impact on their community through sports. The candidate must embrace the core principals that Muhammad Ali embodied so well, including confidence, conviction, d...
Muhammad Ali was a three-time heavyweight boxing champion with an impressive 56-win record. He was also known for his public stance against the Vietnam War.
“I know where I’m going and I know the truth, and I don’t have to be what you want me to be. I’m free to be what I want.”—Muhammad Ali “I love children. I can never pass them by without saying something to them. They make you want to start life all over again.”...
Muhammad Aliis being remembered not just for his legendary boxing career and his inspiring public persona, but also for the dignity and grace with which he battled Parkinson's disease over the last three decades of his life. He was first diagnosed with the degenerative disease in the 1984, th...
Muhammad Ali Research Paper Known as Muhammad Ali he was born by the name of Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. Muhammad Ali is known for his boxing career, but also Ali was a person who believed that war and violence was unjustifiable. As a fighter he took on some of the great names of boxing...
Episode 1 What's My Name: Muhammad Ali Part I A look back at Muhammad Ali's childhood and early boxing career as Cassius Clay, culminating in his ascension to heavyweight champion, his conversion to Islam and his epic first fight with Joe Frazier. Episode 2 What's My Name: Muhammad Ali...
Ali was a magnificent fighter. He had the speed of a lightweight in the body of a heavyweight. He fought as no one had before him. Fearless in the ring, time and time again he seemed unwilling to accept defeat. Three times over his 20-year career he was heavyweight champion. ...