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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.
Brown was one of Ali's speech writers. He wrote certain poems, including that which coined Ali's famous and oft quoted: “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, rumble, young man, rumble.” Ali used the poem to taunt Sonny Liston at the press conference prior to his February 25, 1964, victory over the WBA and WBC champion to claim both ...
Muhammad Ali: Through the Eyes of the World, by Mark Collings (2001) Ghosts of Manila, by Mark Kram (2002) Lucky Man: A Memoir, by Michael J. Fox (2002) Muhammad Ali: Trickster Celebrity in the Culture of Irony, by Charles Lemert (2003) The Soul of a Butterfly: Reflections on Life's Journey, by Muhammad Ali and Hana Ali (2004)
Speaking about quotes, the Instagram page Movie Quotes posts some of the most memorable ones from movies and TV shows, so we have compiled the best ones for you. Som This IG Page Shares The Best ...
Ali died Friday at a Phoenix-area hospital, where he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications. Muhammad Ali, 'The greatest of all time,' dead at 74 Skip to main content
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 ...
Laila Amaria Ali (born December 30, 1977) is an American television personality and retired professional boxer who competed from 1999 to 2007. During her career, from which she retired undefeated, she held the WBC , WIBA , IWBF and IBA female super middleweight titles, and the IWBF light heavyweight title.
In 2019 Men's Health named Ali: A Life the 23rd best sports book of all time. [3] In 2020, Esquire called Ali one of the 35 best sports books ever written. [6] In a review, Joyce Carol Oates of The New York Times noted that "...As Muhammad Ali's life was an epic of a life so Ali: A Life is an epic of a biography."