Of Ali, he added: Certainly Muhammad Ali was the greatest man ever to fight, but not the greatest boxer. When Joe came to the ring and shook hands with me (before my defense against Ken Norton ...

The making of a champion: Ali’s early years American Heavyweight boxer, Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali, 1942 – 2016), making a fist as he lies on his hotel bed, London, 27th May 1963.

“Muhammad has been a muse and continues to be a source of inspiration to so many artists around the world,” Lonnie Ali, the boxer’s widow, said in a statement.

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