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Muhammad Ali Cassius Marcellus Clay was born in Louisville, Kylon January 17 1942. Ali had problems in school at an early stage and felt he had to do something different. His future career was fulfilled at 12. When Joe Martin police officer and boxing coach, tried to get Ali started with boxing. At the age of 16, Ali had won two Golden Glove Titles, two National AAU Titles, he was by now nationally recognized. When the 1960 Rome Olympic Game was about to take off, Ali was provided with an opportunity to represent his country. At this point he had fought 103 amateur matches, and had only lost five. Ali went with Olympic team to Rome, and ended winning the gold medal. When he got back to his hometown, Louisville, he thought that he was going to be treated as a champion, but he still was discriminated by the white society. Ali decided to throw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River because of his anger about the racism in his hometown. By the age of 22 Ali had a professional boxing record of 19-0. On February 25, 1964, Ali got the heavyweight title s
Ali said he could not fight in the war because of his religious beliefs. His rep gave him a title shot against Joe Frazier, the fight was known as the fight of the century. That was his hardest fight of his career. He became a political symbol of the black society, and maybe most influential beside Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. On April 28, 1967, the army for the induction of the military service to fight in the Vietnam War drafted Muhammad Ali. Ali became the second youngest champion in history. What he did made him even more popular in his society, then they overturned his conviction. Now he suffers from Parkinson's disease, and still does a lot of charity work. Ali used his speed and movement to thoroughly outbox the champion. He had no more fight in 1967, 1968, and 1969. That was when he suffered his first pro lose. Ali wanted everyone to know that he was the greatest, I think he did just that. It was held in Zaire and it was nicknamed "the rumble in the jungle", and once again he was the underdog. He was immediately stripped of the heavyweight title, and got a five year sentence to serve in prison, which was he appealed right away.
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