Three-time World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali is considered one of the world’s greatest boxers. His professional record of 56 wins and five losses is unprecedented. After retirement, he traveled the world as an ambassador of peace and championed social causes like ending poverty and discrimination.

A SHORT BIOGRAPHY 

Muhammad Ali was born “Cassius Clay” on January 17th, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky.At age 12, Cassius was discovered by a boxing coach. He trained under various coaches as an amateur boxer and had a fantastic record of 100 wins to 5 losses. He became a professional boxer after winning the Summer Olympics gold medal in 1960.He took the name Muhammad Ali after converting to Islam at age 22.

Ali had a unique fighting style. He did not adopt the high arm guard but instead relied on his speed to avoid opponent’s punches. “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee,” as he used to say. More than technique, he had incredible belief in himself. He never believed that he would lose a fight, and used his words to either taunt his opponent or ‘predict’ his defeat by calling out the round which his opponent would be knocked out. Ali had a hugely successful professional boxing career; he suffered only five defeats, with 56 wins and over half of them knock-outs. During his career, Ali defeated every top heavyweight (an era which has been called the Golden Age of Heavyweight boxing).

After his retirement, he traveled around the world to fight for humanitarian causes such as poverty, hunger, and racism.

In 1984, he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s and faded from the public eye. He passed away on June 3rd, 2016.


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