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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 ...
David Brooks (born August 11, 1961) [1] is a Canadian-born American book author and political and cultural commentator. Though he describes himself as an ideologic moderate, others have characterised him as centrist, moderate conservative, or conservative, based on his record as contributor to the PBS NewsHour, and as opinion columnist for The New York Times [2] [page needed] [3] [better ...
Ali’s largesse was legendary and Kilroy said he saw Ali reach into his pocket and give what he had to someone else “hundreds, thousands of times. It didn’t happen once or twice or 10 times ...
More Than a Hero: Muhammad Ali's Life Lessons Presented Through His Daughter's Eyes, by Hana Ali (2000) Float Like a Butterfly, by Ntozake Shange (author), Edel Rodriguez (illustrator) (2002) I Shook Up the World: The Incredible Life of Muhammad Ali, by Maryum "May May" Ali (2004) Muhammad Ali: Legends in Sports, by Matt Christopher and Glenn ...
Lucien "Sonny" Banks (June 29, 1940 – May 13, 1965) was a mid-20th Century American boxer who is primarily remembered for being the first boxer to ever knock down Cassius Clay (later "Muhammad Ali") in a professional match. In the early 1960s Banks was regarded in the sport as rising prospect known for a lightning fast left hook, but his ...
Reach: 80 in (203 cm) ... Losses: 3: Kash Ali (born 27 January 1992) [4] is a British professional boxer who has held the IBF European heavyweight ... Ali faced David ...
Ali and then-WBA heavyweight champion boxer Ernie Terrell had agreed to meet for a bout in Chicago on March 29, 1966 (the WBA, one of two boxing associations, had stripped Ali of his title following his signing a rematch with Liston) [29] but in February Ali was reclassified by the Louisville draft board as 1-A from 1-Y, and he indicated that ...