In 1981, when he was walking on a street in Los Angeles, he saw a 21 year old guy who was trying to attempt suicide. And without any hesitation, he went to the building to offer some help to the police. When Ali reached near the guy, he was shocked to see him, after which Ali...
But, comes now the medical man who knew Ali best to dispute them. Ferdie Pacheco was known to all of us as Ali’s doctor and even cornerman in many of his most important bouts. Ferdie was a man in good standing with the Ali’s considerable entourage. Interestingly enough, it was not ...
Muhammad Ali, former boxing heavyweight champion, hasdied at age 74.In 1996, correspondent Ed Bradley profiled Ali, and the piece became a classic -- in part because of Ali's spirit, story, and struggle, and in part because of the prank that Ali played on Ed. The Greatest Muhammad Ali...
to learn how to exercise his frustrations. He took to the training fast: six years and nearly one hundred amateur wins later he would go on to collect a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. A star already at just eighteen years old, Muhammad Ali’s age never held him back...
Ali married his second wife, 17-year-old Belinda Boyd, in 1967. Boyd and Ali had four children together: Maryum, born in 1969; Jamillah and Liban, both born in 1970; and Muhammad Ali Jr.; born in 1972. Boyd and Ali divorced in 1976. ...
Ali came along during the heavyweight division’s Golden Age; never before or since have their been so many big, tough, capable boxers in that weight class and Alifought them all. He ducked no one; nor did he “marinate” matches or wait for anyone to get old or st...
Ali’s Comeback Fight in Atlanta Cassius Clay, 20 year old heavyweight contender from Louisville, Kentucky poses for the camera on May 17, 1962, in Bronx, New York. Photo: Stanley Weston/Getty Images By age 18, Cassius Clay — Ali’s given name at birth in Louisville, Ky. — had ...
THREE-TIME heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali died at 74 Firday at a Phoenix hospital. "After a 32-year battle with Parkinson's disease, Muhammad Ali has passed away at the age of 74," family spokesman Bob Gunnell said in a statement. ...
Muhammad Ali issixty-five years old now and long retired from boxing. Yet it was not age that changed himso much. It was Parkinson's disease.Parkinson's is a disease of the central nervous system. It is a progressive disorder. Itgets worse over time. The disease affects a small area ...
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.