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Muhammad Ali (/ ɑː ˈ l iː /; [2] born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and social activist. [a] A global cultural icon, widely known by the epithet "The Greatest", he is frequently cited as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
After seven years with Sugar Ray Robinson, [2] widely recognized as one of the best boxers of all time, Brown joined Muhammad Ali's boxing team as a cornerman in 1963. [3] and remained with him throughout his career. [1] (Later he also became a cornerman for James "Quick" Tillis). [4] Brown was one of Ali's speech writers. He wrote certain ...
Muhammad Ali, In Fighter's Heaven, by Victor Bockris (2000) I Am The Greatest Quotes Muhammad Ali, by Karl Evanzz (2002) Perfect in Their Art: Poems on Boxing from Homer to Ali, by Bud Schulberg, Robert Hedin, and Michael George Waters (2003) The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey, by Muhammad Ali with Hana Yasmeen Ali (2004)
Pointing out the flaws only served to make more powerful the image that emerged of Ali as a compassionate figure whose primary goal in his post-boxing career was to affect positive change in the ...
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Kenneth Howard Norton Sr. (August 9, 1943 – September 18, 2013) was an American actor and professional boxer who competed from 1967 to 1981. He was awarded the WBC world heavyweight championship in 1978, after winning a close split decision over Jimmy Young in a title eliminator bout, after which Leon Spinks refused to fight with him.
The spectacular premise of Peacock's "Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist" seems like pure fiction: Gun-toting robbers force the country's most notorious gangsters to give up $1 million in cash ...
He was played by boxer James Toney in the 2001 film Ali. Some of the most memorable moments in the 1976 boxing-themed feature film Rocky , such as Rocky's carcass-punching scenes and Rocky running up the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art , as part of his training regimen, are taken from Frazier's real-life exploits.