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. I'm Just Saying You Never Heard of Them.

Ali famously told reporters that year, “I ain’t got nothing against them Viet Cong,” and he was influenced by his mentor, Elijah Muhammad of the Nation of Islam, who had conscientiously ...

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 ...