Ali was already one of America's greatest heavyweights ever. He'd won an Olympic gold medal for the United States in Rome when he was just 18 and four years later, against all odds, defeated Sonny ...

Ali said of the grueling fight, "It was like death. Closest thing to dyin' that I know of." 'Most of Them [Other Boxers] … Can Fight Almost as Good as I Can.

Muhammad Ali‘s public conversion to Islam, in 1964, was among the most defining moments of his remarkable life.The decision enraged his critics — his hometown newspaper continued to refer to ...

ALI: For I am the man this poem is about, the next champ of the world, there isn't a doubt. If Cassius says a cow can lay an egg, don't ask how. Grease that skillet. (LAUGHTER, APPLAUSE) ...

Muhammad Ali’s conversion to Islam, in many ways, defined his career and legacy as a fighter with conviction. He went on to become an icon for American Muslims. Just years following his ...

On Muhammad Ali's Complicated Contradictions, And How He Changed Boxing : Code Switch "Ali was a black man who was not concerned with what white America thought of him." Code Switch Race.

It was 49 years ago Thursday when an Army officer in Houston summoned Muhammad Ali three times to step forward for induction into military service during the Vietnam War, and the heavyweight world ...

Ali once used his voice to remind Lewiston of what it should be. At the time, some in the city, including its mayor, fretted publicly that an influx of refugees from Somalia was becoming too great ...