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'The Greatest' Muhammad Ali
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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942) is an American former boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.[1] After turning professional, he went on to become the first and only boxer to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times.

Originally known as Cassius Clay, Ali changed his name after joining the Nation of Islam in 1964, subsequently converting to Sunni Islam in 1975. In 1967, Ali refused to be conscripted into the U.S. military, based on his religious beliefs and opposition to the Vietnam War. He was arrested and found guilty on draft evasion charges, stripped of his boxing title, and his boxing license was suspended. He was not imprisoned, but did not fight again for nearly four years while his appeal worked its way up to the U.S. Supreme Court, where it was successful.

Nicknamed "The Greatest", Ali was involved in several historic boxing matches. Notable among these are three with rival Joe Frazier and one with George Foreman, whom he beat by knockout to win the world heavyweight title for the second time. He suffered only five losses (four decisions and one TKO by retirement from the bout) with no draws in his career, while amassing 56 wins (37 knockouts and 19 decisions).[2] Ali was well known for his unorthodox fighting style, which he described as "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee", and employing techniques such as the rope-a-dope.[3] He was also known for his pre-match hype, where he would "trash talk" opponents on television and in person some time before the match, often with rhymes. These personality quips and idioms, along with an unorthodox fighting technique, made him a cultural icon. In later life, Ali developed Parkinson's syndrome. In 1999, Ali was crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC.

AM Record: 100 - 5
Six-time Kentucky State Golden Gloves Champion
1959 Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Light Heavyweight Champion
1959 Intercity Golden Gloves Light Heavyweight Champion
1960 Chicago Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions Heavyweight Champion
1960 Intercity Golden Gloves Heavyweight Champion
1959 National AAU Light Heavyweight Champion
1960 National AAU Light Heavyweight Champion
1960 Olympic Light Heavyweight Gold Medalist
PRO Record: 56(37) - 5(1) - 0
World Heavyweight Champion [Recognized by NBA and NYSAC]
Ring Heavyweight Champion (x3)
Undisputed Heavyweight Champion (x2)
WBA Heavyweight Champion (x3)
WBC Heavyweight Champion
Named The Ring Fighter of the Year for 1963, 1974, 1975 and 1978
Named Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Year for 1965, 1974 and 1975
Proclaimed "Fighter of the Decade" (1970s) by The Ring
Won the Boxing Writers' Association of America James J. Walker Memorial Award for 1984
Named the greatest heavyweight of all-time by The Ring in 1998
Named the greatest heavyweight of the 20th century by the Associated Press
Named "Athlete of the Century" by GQ magazine
Named "Sportsman of the 20th Century" by Sports Illustrated
Named "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC



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Fights

1960-05-20 Alan Hudson [am]
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1960-08-18 Zbigniew Pietrzykowski [am]
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1959-xx-xx Ingemar Johansson [ex]
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1961-07-22 Alonzo Johnson
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1961-10-07 Alex Miteff
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1962-02-10 Sonny Banks
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1962-05-19 Billy Daniels (Korean)
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1962-11-15 Archie Moore
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1963-03-13 Doug Jones
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1963-06-18 Henry Cooper I
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1964-02-25 Sonny Liston I
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1965-05-25 Sonny Liston II
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1965-11-22 Floyd Patterson I
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1966-03-29 George Chuvalo I
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1966-05-21 Henry Cooper II
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1966-08-06 Brian London
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1966-09-10 Karl Mildenberger
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1966-11-14 Cleveland Williams
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1967-02-06 Ernie Terrell
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1967-03-22 Zora Folley
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1970-10-26 Jerry Quarry I
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1970-12-07 Oscar Bonavena
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1971-03-08 Joe Frazier I
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1971-07-26 Jimmy Ellis
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1971-11-17 Buster Mathis
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1971-12-26 Juergen Blin
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1972-04-01 Mac Foster
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1972-05-01 George Chuvalo II
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1972-06-27 Jerry Quarry II
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1972-07-19 Alvin Lewis
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1972-09-20 Floyd Patterson II
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1972-11-21 Bob Foster
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1973-02-14 Joe Bugner I
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1973-03-31 Ken Norton I
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1973-09-10 Ken Norton II
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1973-10-20 Rudi Lubbers
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1974-01-28 Joe Frazier II
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1974-10-30 George Foreman
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1975-03-24 Chuck Wepner
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1975-05-16 Ron Lyle
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1975-06-30 Joe Bugner II
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1975-10-01 Joe Frazier III
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1976-02-20 Jean-Pierre Coopman
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1976-04-30 Jimmy Young
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1976-05-24 Richard Dunn
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1976-09-28 Ken Norton III
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1977-05-16 Alfredo Evangelista
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1977-09-29 Earnie Shavers
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1977-xx-xx Michael Dokes (ex)
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1978-02-15 Leon Spinks I
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1978-09-15 Leon Spinks II
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1980-10-02 Larry Holmes
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1981-12-11 Trevor Berbick
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Documentaries

ABC's Classic Wide World of Sports - Muhammad Ali
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A&E Biography
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*A.k.a. Cassius Clay
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Ali's Dozen
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An Audience with Muhammad Ali
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Champions Forever - The Definitive Edition
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*ESPN 30 for 30 - Muhammad and Larry
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Facing Ali 2009 DVDRip
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The Greatest
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*History Channel - Becoming Muhammad Ali
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In This Corner
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Thrilla in Manilla
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When We Were Kings
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Revisiting 'The Rumble in the Jungle' 40 Years Later

About four months ago, when Muhammad Ali was sitting in his favorite armchair where he watches old Westerns and film clips of himself, his daughter Hana handed him the phone.

It was George Foreman.

"His eyes were big," Hana Ali recalled of her father. "And he was just happy and excited and talking about his kids.

"They had the cutest conversation."

That they had any conversation would have been unthinkable 40 years ago. It was Oct. 30, 1974, when Ali knocked out Foreman in the eighth round in Zaire — now the Democratic Republic of the Congo — in one of the biggest sporting events ever, "The Rumble in the Jungle."
Full Article:http://www.usatoday.com/story/sport...mble-in-the-jungle-40th-anniversary/18097587/
 
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AP Was There: Muhammad Ali-Sonny Liston heavyweight rematch

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EDITOR'S NOTE: On May 25, 1965, Muhammad Ali defeated Sonny Liston in the first round of a heavyweight bout that produced one of the strangest finishes in boxing history as well as one of sports' most iconic moments - photos of Ali hovering over Liston on the canvas, shouting at his opponent to get up.

After the fight, the 23-year-old Ali called the punch that dropped Liston his secret: ''It was a phantom punch.''

''It was lightning and thunder - fast as lightning and booming as thunder from the heavens,'' Ali said.

Liston, who was a slight favorite going into the fight, said afterward that when he got up, he thought the fight was still on.

''No, I didn't hear the count,'' said Liston, who lost on a 12 count according to the timekeeper. ''Didn't you see us start the fight again? When (the referee) stepped in I thought the bell had rung.''

Fifty years later, the AP is making the original story and photos of the fight available, including the black-and-white shot by AP photographer John Rooney of Ali standing over Liston, which won the World Press Photo award for best sports photo in 1965. The same moment was famously captured in color by Neil Leifer of Sports Illustrated, one of the most well-known sports photos of all time.
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ap-muhammad-ali-sonny-liston-heavyweight-rematch-150111952--box.html
 
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HE 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE THRILLA IN MANILA

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The Thrilla in Manila
Date October 1, 1975
Location Araneta Coliseum
Quezon City, Philippines
Title(s) on the line WBC/WBA Heavyweight Championship
Undisputed World Heavyweight Championship

In the rubber match, fought in the Philippines, Ali started quickly in the first two rounds, but Frazier relentlessly hammered Ali with body shots in an attempt to slow him down. Frazier outlanded Ali 191-163 in the first nine rounds.

From rounds 10 to 14, Ali was able to outland Frazier 101-59. Frazier was tired and Ali continued to attack.

According to ESPN Stats & Information tracking, Ali landed 50 punches in the last two rounds before Frazier’s trainer stopped the fight entering what would have been the final round.

In total, Ali outlanded Frazier 264-250. The bout was named fight of the year by The Ring Magazine in 1975.
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I Am the Greatest: The Adventures of Muhammad Ali is an animated series featuring heavyweight boxing legendMuhammad Ali, who starred as his own voice. The short-lived series was broadcast Saturday mornings on NBC in the fall of 1977, but was cancelled after just 13 weeks
 
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I Am The Greatest is a spoken word album by boxer Cassius Clay, released in August 1963 – six months before he won the world heavyweight championship, announced his conversion to Islam, and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. It was released by CBS Columbia. The album helped establish Ali's reputation as an eloquently poetic "trash talker".

The liner notes were written by the American poet Marianne Moore, a longstanding fan of Clay. Clay collaborated on the writing for the album with the comedy writer Gary Belkin, who was listed as producer on the original release and later as a co-writer in a 1999 re-release.[1] Belkin would later claim he had largely ghost-written the works, although Belkin's assertions have been disputed (e.g., by George Plimpton and David Remnick).[1][2] The album idea had been proposed to Clay by the William Morris Agency, and the recording was conducted at Columbia Records' 30th Street New York Studio before an audience of 200 people.

Rather than being listed as "tracks", the first 8 entries on the album were listed with "rounds" numbers, and Billboardduly noted that Clay claimed he would beat Sonny Liston in 8 rounds.[3] Although Clay's remarks were treated skeptically at the time as mere promotional bragging, when the Liston fight was held the following February, Clay won in a major upset when Liston gave up after only 6 rounds. Clay had proved tougher than expected from the beginning, and he began to dominate the fight in the third round. Despite being nearly blinded in the fourth round – apparently by an ointment used on a cut on Liston's face – Clay recovered, and by the end of the sixth round he was landing blow-after-blow in combinations, almost at will. At the opening of the seventh round, Liston spat out his mouth guard and refused to rise to continue.

On the day after the fight, it was disclosed that Clay had joined the Nation of Islam (which was confirmed by Clay himself the following day), and a week later its leader Elijah Muhammad announced that Clay would change his name to Muhammad Ali.

Following his upset victory and other major news, there was a surge in demand for the LP of the previous August. To take advantage of the moment, the title track "I Am The Greatest" was also released as a single, with the B-side "Will The Real Sonny Liston Please Fall Down". The phenomenon became a significant event in the musical culture that year.[4] "I Am The Greatest" was also released as a single with Clay singing his cover of the Ben E. King song "Stand By Me", which resurfaced on CD in 1991 as part of the compilation Golden Throats 2: More Celebrity Rock Oddities.[5][6]

After later controversy,[clarification needed] Columbia pulled the LP and single from stores.[7] Clay did not make another record until he teamed up with Frank Sinatraand Howard Cosell to record "Ali and His Gang vs. Mr. Tooth Decay" in 1976.

Tracklist
The LP consists of monologues and poems devoted mainly to Clay himself.

  1. Round 1: "I Am The Greatest"
  2. Round 2: "I Am The Double Greatest"
  3. Round 3: "Do You Have To Ask?"
  4. Round 4: "'I Have Written A Drama', He Said Playfully"
  5. Round 5: "Will The Real Sonny Liston Please Fall Down"
  6. Round 6: "Funny You Should Ask"
  7. Round 7: "2138"
  8. Round 8: "The Knockout"
  9. "Afterpiece" (see Round 1)
  10. "I Am the Greatest"
  11. "Stand by Me" (song)
  12. "The Gang's All Here"
 
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The Greatest is a 1977 film about the life of boxer Muhammad Ali, in which Ali plays himself. It was directed by Tom Gries and Monte Hellman. The film follows Ali's life from the 1960 Olympics to his regaining the heavyweight crown from George Foreman in their famous "Rumble in the Jungle" fight in 1974. The footage of the boxing matches themselves are largely the actual footage from the time involved.
 
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Muhammad Ali vs. Antonio Inoki, billed as The War of the Worlds,[1] was a fight between American professional boxer Muhammad Ali and Japanese professional wrestler Antonio Inoki (now Muhammad Hussain Inoki), held at the Nippon Budokan arena in Tokyo, Japan, on June 26, 1976. At the time, Ali had come off a knockout victory over Richard Dunn in May and was the reigning WBC/WBA heavyweight boxing champion. Inoki, who had been taught the art of catch wrestling by legendary wrestler Karl Gotch, was staging exhibition fights against champions of various martial arts, in an attempt to show that pro wrestling was the dominant fighting discipline.
 
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Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton Weigh-in Before Their Fight at the Forum | Carson Tonight Show Original Airdate: 09/07/1973
 
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Facing Ali is a 2009 documentary directed by Pete McCormack about Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. in Louisville, Kentucky) as told from the perspectives of ten opponents he faced during his career: George Chuvalo, Sir Henry Cooper, George Foreman, "Smokin'" Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes (also a former sparring partner of Ali), Ron Lyle, Ken Norton, Earnie Shavers, Leon Spinks and Ernie Terrell.
 

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