"This film is a lot about sports being a metaphor for something greater,” director Antoine Fuqua told THR about 'What’s My Name | Muhammad Ali,' his new two-part HBO sports doc about the sports icon set to premiere May 14.
Also covered is the third Ali-Frazier fight held in the Philippines in October 1975 — the “Thrilla in Manila” – which Ali wins, besting Frazier in two of their three historic battles. Although Ali loses and then regains the heavyweight title (for a record 3rd time) in a series of ...
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(most famous was the night that Ali took his place in bed while he and Abu Bakr escaped to Madinah), he did not allow his companions to retaliate to any of those who had been involved in these attempts.
and my film was confiscated. With my almost non-existent French, the cold look on the Captain’s face would not soften. A half hour later, I mentioned the name Martin Luther King. No response. Then I put up my fist and said Muhammad Ali. Being Muslim, the Captain’s face went from...
“Several days later he shocked it as well when he announced he was changing his name and joining the Nation of Islam.” At the time he explained that he was shedding what the Nation of Islam viewed as his “slave name," and took on the title Muhammad Ali — a new identity for a ...
— Muhammad Ali Cite This Quote Quote source:Interview inPlayboymagazine (November 1975) “I hated every minute of it. But I said to myself, 'Suffer now, and live the rest of your life as a champion'.” — Muhammad Ali Cite This Quote ...
Bingham has become a good friend of ours, too. I consider the friendship with the Alis and Howard to be one of sport's biggest gifts to my family. Ann and I were there for the gala opening of the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville. I had been privileged to be asked to consult for ...
an event that was billed as the “fight of the century. The pre-match taunts produced many Muhammad Ali quotes, including incidents where he would say that Frazier was “too ugly to be the champion”. He would go on to say that the only people rooting for Frazier were the Ku Klux ...
“They’ll have to say that I was the most famous man in the world, the most famous fighter in history. They’ll have to say that I invented the rope-a-dope and the Ali Shuffle. They’ll have to say that I was the boxer who could predict the winning rounds of my fights. They’...