In an interview with Digital Trends, director Muta’Ali discusses Cassius Clay's transformation into Muhammad Ali in the new documentary Cassius X: Becoming Ali.

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, emerged from humble beginnings in Louisville, Kentucky, where he began boxing at the age of 12.

The world knows him now as Muhammad Ali, but in March 1964, he was still Cassius Clay. That’s when “The Greatest” — born this week on Jan. 17 — insisted Chicago reporters call him by his ...

This eight-hour documentary brings to life one of the most indelible figures of the 20th century, a three-time heavyweight boxing champion who captivated millions of fans across the world with his ...

Cassius Clay was known as the greatest because of how he dominated in the boxing ring, but it was his personal and spiritual transformation that led him to become the icon known as Muhammad Ali. A ...

For two years, Eli Goree had been circling the chance to play Muhammad Ali in different projects before “One Night in Miami” finally joined the part of the monumental sports figure with one ...

Cassius Clay got his start training with police officer Joe Martin. At 12 years old, he participated in his first amateur fight against Ronnie O'Keefe. Aired 09/19/2021 ...

Watch Chany Yemiru appraise Muhammad Ali & Cassius Clay Sr.-signed books in Living History Farms, Hour 3. Aired 03/17/2025 | Rating TV-G. Problems with Closed Captions?

1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York Rangers battle the Montreal Canadiens at Madison ...

Cassius Clay exploded onto the scene in 1960 as the audacious boxer known as the Louisville Lip. Clay would soon become Muhammad Ali and change the course of American history first as a ...

Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 1964 after he converted to Islam. When Winstead asked Turner to do a DNA test, he gladly agreed. “I’m not afraid of that knowledge being out there.

1964 — Cassius Clay wins the world heavyweight title when Sonny Liston is unable to answer the bell for the seventh round at Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Fla. Advertisement ...