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Mar 11, 2024 · Boxing icon Muhammad Ali, who was guest referee at WrestleMania I in 1985 and faced Antonio Inoki in a mixed-rules match in 1976, will enter the WWE Hall of Fame.
Ali is the older brother of former heavyweight boxer Rahman Ali, the father of former WBC Female Super Middleweight Champion Laila Ali and the uncle of former USBC Cruiserweight Champion Ibn Ali. When Ali was 12-years-old, he and a friend went to the Columbia Auditorium to partake in the free hot dogs and popcorn available for visitors of the Louisville Home Show.
Muhammad Ali, arguably the most famous professional boxer in the 20th Century and the only fighter to win the heavyweight championship three times, was born Cassius Clay in 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr. and Odessa Grady Clay. At the age of 12 Clay began training as a boxer. During his teen years he won several Golden Gloves titles and other amateur titles. At the age of 18 he won a gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy and then turned professional.
Jun 3, 2016 · Muhammad Ali was as skilled with words as he was in the ring. His poignant sayings about sports and life figure to remain iconic for generations to come alongside the lore of his historic fights.
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Muhammad Ali is a former American boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers of all time. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome.
Meet the Greatest Boxer, humanitarian, social activist: meet the People’s Champion. Explore the life of Muhammad Ali.
Muhammad Ali was an American boxer and a social activist who is widely regarded as one of the most important figures of the 20th Century. In a glittering boxing career, which included famous rivalries with Joe Frazier, Sonny Liston, George Foreman and Ken Norton, "The Greatest" became the first three-time heavyweight world champion and is seen as the greatest heavyweight of all time.
