"I hope the world will remember me the man who won the World Heavyweight Championship three times, who has a sense of humor and who respects everyone"

He was born in Kentucky and was named US at birth "cassius marcellus clay jr"

In 1954 someone stole his bicycle, and when he met the policeman to tell him about the incident he told him that he would teach the thief a lesson when he found it. The policeman was a boxing coach and ensured training on me.

Muhammad Ali was avoiding stones thrown at him by his brother (Rudi). "No matter how much stone you are aiming for, you will not sacrifice it" says his brother.

Beside boxing, Mohamed Ali was a singer, actor and poet. In 1963 he released an album"I’am The Greatest".

He was afraid to ride in airplanes. In 1960, on his way to Europe, he wore parachute throughout the journey.

Clay lived on his youth during a time when racism was public. When he returned from Europe and entered a restaurant and a gold medal on his neck, the owner of the restaurant told him "Sorry… we don’t serve Negroes“.

Ali threw a gold medal at the river in Ohio to protest racism. He was given an alternative medal later.

Despite expectations of losing Clay, he won the World Boxing Championship in 1964 at the age of 22.

After winning the championship, he abandoned the name of the childhood and the family name "Clay", which he called the name "slaves" and changed his name to "Muhammad Ali" after converting Islam by the Islamic preacher Elijah Muhammad

In 1967, Muhammad Ali was asked to join the army but he refused for religious reasons,what caused anger among his colleagues and his audience. The court sentenced him to five years' imprisonment, fined him $ 10,000 and withdrew the title. However, he was deprived of the game only 3 years after the appeal.

In 1990, Muhammad Ali traveled to meet with Saddam to negotiate the release of 15 Americans captured in the Kuwait war. After only 50 minutes Saddam agreed to release them.

In his professional career he played 61 matches, lost 5 and won 37 by knockout.

After retiring in 1981, Clay was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, but this did not prevent him from appearing on television.

Gloves were sold 50 years after the famous game in which he won his first championship with $ 836,000, although Ali won $ 630,000 of the game.

On 3 June 2016,the famous American boxer Mohammed Ali Clay died after suffering from the disease at the age of 74 years.