The Boxing Legend - Muhammad Ali- Part:1

This article is written about the former American boxing legend as well as The People's Champion named Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali is a history in The Sports world. In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC. He is an idol for new generation Boxer. This Great Boxing   legend   born Cassius Marcellus Clay,  Jr, January 17, 1942 , in Louisville, Kentucky.

His father name was Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., His father painted billboards and signs and his mother, Odessa O'Grady Clay, was a household domestic. Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam in 1975. In 1967, three years after Ali had won the heavyweight championship

This legend started his professional career on October 29, 1960 and won that match. From then until 1963, Clay amassed a six-round of 19-0 with 15 wins by knockout. Clay was knocked down two time during this earlier by   Sonny Banks and Henry Cooper. The Cooper stopped the match in the fifth round due to deep cuts   in Cooper’s eyes. Clay also beat his former trainer and veteran boxer Archie Moore in a 1962 match. Clay sought longtime idol Sugar Ray Robinson to be his manager, but was rebuffed. A disputed ten-round decision over Doug Jones was later named "Fight of the Year" in 1963. Clay won six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two national Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title, and the Light Heavyweight gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. Clay's amateur record was 100 wins with five losses. Ali later received a replacement medal at a basketball intermission during the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, where he lit the torch to start the games.

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