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Muhammad Ali, known as The Greatest, is regarded as one of sport's true legends.In 1960, Ali won U.S. Olympic boxing team. Ali was an imposing figure in the ring. He was known for his footwork, and for possessing a powerful jab. After winning his first three bouts, Ali then win the gold medal from Poland.

Ali was become as an American hero, after his Olympic victory. He soon turned professional with the backing of the Louisville Sponsoring Group. During the 1960 Ali seemed unstoppable, winning all of his bouts with majority of them being by knockouts. He took out British heavyweight champion Henry Cooper in 1963 and then knocked out Sonny Liston in 1964 to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

In 1964 Clay, now having changed his name to Muhammad Ali following his Islam conversion, and Liston met up for their rematch in May the following year. Midway through the first round, Liston was knocked down by one of Ali's punches. Referee stopped the match shortly afterwards and Ali was declared the winner around 1:52 of the first round. Rumors speculated that Liston dropped to the ground purposely due to threats from NOI extremists, or "threw" the fight to pay off debts, waiting to be counted out.

The film Freedom Road was made in 1978, featuring Muhammad Ali, in a rare acting role, playing Gideon Jackson, an ex-slave in 1870's Virginia who gets elected to the U.S. Senate in Washington D.C. and battles other former slaves and white sharecroppers to keep the land they tended all their lives. Also starring Kris Kristofferson, Ron O'Neal, Edward Herrmann, John McLiam, Ossie Davis, Barbarao, and Sonny Jim Gaines

For contributions to the entertainment industry, Ali was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard. Ali recorded the song "Stand by Me" in 1964.

The Muhammad Ali Effect is a term used in psychology that was named after him when he stated, "I only said I was the greatest, not the smartest" in his autobiography The Greatest: My Own Story.According to this effect, when people are asked to rate their intelligence and moral behavior in comparison to others, people will rate themselves as more moral, but not more intelligent than others.

Muhammad Ali’s Professional boxing Records Summary

Year	Date	Opponent	Location	Res./Rd.	Title
1960	Oct. 29	Tunney Hunsaker	Louisville, KY	W/6	---
	Dec. 27	Herbert Siler	Miami	KO/4	---
1961	Jan. 17	Anthony Sperti	Miami	TKO/3	---
	Feb. 7	Jimmy Robinson	Miami	TKO/1	---
	Feb. 21	Donnie Fleeman	Miami	TKO/7	---
	Apr. 19	Lamar Clark	Louisville	KO/2	---
	Jun. 26	Duke Sabwedong	Las Vegas	W/10	---
	Jul. 22	Alonzo Johnson	Louisville	W/10	---
	Oct. 7	Alex Miteff	Louisville	TKO/6	---
	Nov. 29	Willi Besmanoff	Louisville	TKO/7	---
1962	Feb. 10	Lucian Banks	New York	TKO/4	---
	Feb. 28	Jack Wagner	Miami	TKO/4	---
	Apr. 23	George Logan	Miami	TKO/4	---
	May 19	Billy Daniels	New York	TKO/7	---
	Jul. 20	Alejandro Lavorante	Los Angeles	KO/5	---
	Nov. 15	Archie Moore	Los Angeles	TKO/4	---
1963	Jan. 24	Charles Powell	Pittsburgh	KO/3	---

	Jun. 18	Henry Cooper	London	TKO/5	---
1964
1965	May 25	Sonny Liston	Lewiston, ME	KO/1	Ret-World-H
	Nov. 22	Floyd Patterson	Las Vegas	TKO/12	Ret-World-H
1966	Mar. 29	George Chuvalo	Toronto	W/15	Ret-World-H
	May 21	Henry Cooper	London	TKO/6	Ret-World-H
	Aug. 6	Brian London	London	TKO/3	Ret-World-H
	Sep. 10	Karl Mildenberger	Frankfurt, Germany	TKO/12	Ret-World-H
	Nov. 14	Cleveland Williams	Houston	TKO/3	Ret-World-H
1967	Feb. 6	Ernie Terrell	New York	W/15	Ret-World-H
	Mar. 22	Zora Folley	New York	TKO/7	Ret-World-H
1970	Oct. 26	Jerry Quarry	Atlanta	TKO/3	---
	Dec. 7	Oscar Bonavena	New York	TKO/15	---
1971	Mar. 8	Joe Frazier	New York	L/15	For-World-H
	Jul. 26	Jimmy Ellis	Houston	TKO/12	Won-NABF-H
	Nov. 17	Buster Mathis	Houston	W/12	Ret-NABF-H
	Dec. 26	Jurgen Blin	Zurich, Switzerland	KO/7	---
1972	Apr. 1	McArthur Foster	Tokyo	W/15	---
	May. 1	George Chuvalo	Vancouver, B.C.	W/12	Ret-NABF-H
	Jun. 27	Jerry Quarry	Las Vegas	TKO/7	Ret-NABF-H
	Jul 19	Alvin Lewis	Dublin	TKO/11	---
	Sep. 20	Floyd Patterson	New York	TKO/7	Ret-NABF-H
	Nov. 21	Bob Foster	Stateline, NV	KO/8	Ret-NABF-H
1973	Feb. 14	Joe Bugner	Las Vegas	W/12	---
	Mar. 31	Ken Norton	San Diego	L/12	Lost-NABF-H
	Sep. 10	Ken Norton	Inglewood, CA	W/12	Reg-NABF-H
	Oct. 20	Rudy Lubbers	Jakarta, Indonesia	W/12	---
1974	Jan.28	Joe Frazier	New York	W/12	Ret-NABF-H
	Oct. 30	George Foreman	Kinshasa, Zaire	KO/8	Reg-World-H
1975	Mar. 24	Chuck Wepner	Cleveland	TKO/15	Ret-World-H
	May 16	Ron Lyle	Las Vegas	TKO/11	Ret-World-H
	Jul. 1	Joe Bugner	Kuala Lampur, Malaysia	W/15	Ret-World-H
	Oct. 1	Joe Frazier	Quezon, Phillippines	TKO/14	Ret-World-H
1976	Feb. 20	Jean Coopman	San Juan, P.R.	KO/5	Ret-World-H
	Apr. 30	Jimmy Young	Landover, MD	W/15	Ret-World-H
	May 24	Richard Dunn	Munich, Germany	TKO/5	Ret-World-H
	Sep. 28	Ken Norton	New York	W/15	Ret-World-H
1977	May 16	Alfredo Evangelista	Landover	W/15	Ret-World-H
	Sep. 29	Ernie Shavers	New York	W/15	Ret-World-H
1978	Feb. 15	Leon Spinks	Las Vegas	L/15	Lost-World-H
	Sep. 15	Leon Spinks	New Orleans	W/15	Reg-World (WBA)-H
1980	Oct. 2	Larry Holmes	Las Vegas	TKO'd/11	For-World (WBC)-H
1981	Dec. 11	Trevor Berbick	Nassau, Bahamas	L/12	---

Recorded by: Wednesday, November 19, 2003,Muhammad Ali's ring record

Short Summary Of Muhammad Ali’s Fight Record

Total Match	Won	Draw	Bouts	KO	W	WF	D	KO’d L	LF
61	56	0	37	19	0	0	1	4	0

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