Muhammad Ali -- still known as Cassius Clay ... "It's funny because a lot of my favorite Ali poems, it turns out he didn't write," Eig said. "You know, 'Float like a butterfly, sting like a ...

self-aggrandizing poems. Two days after his Liston victory, the 22-year-old champ joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali (meaning "worthy of praise"). When he was drafted ...

Muhammad Ali had nine kids: Maryum, Rasheda, Jamillah, Muhammad Ali Jr., Khaliah, Miya, Hana, Laila and Asaad Amin Nicole Briese is a contributing writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...

“I don’t ever like to compare people to Muhammad Ali, cuz to me ... He would come up with f—ing incredible poems and sayings and things that he would do leading up to the fight.” ...

"Joe Frazier f*cking hated Muhammad Ali so f*cking badly. He'd show up at his camp outside and f*cking do all this sh*t. He would predict rounds. He would come up with f*cking incredible poems and ...