Ali landed a short left but Frazier dug a left and right to Ali’s body as he pinned him against the ropes. Frazier again sent another smashing right to the body and a hard left to the jaw.

Ali and his daughter Hana open Christmas gifts in 1979. (Though Ali was a devout Muslim, he made compromises for his Christian wife and even liked to call strangers on Christmas Day to wish them ...

Muhammad Ali will be laid to rest in his home town of Louisville Friday. A motorcade will take his body past the Muhammad Ali Center, his childhood home, and other important places from his life.

Ali, nicknamed "the greatest," began boxing at the young age of 12. He became a member of the 1960 United States Summer Olympic boxing team and won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division.

Ali led the Zips in scoring as a junior, earning All-Mid-American Conference second-team honors. A concussion suffered during the preseason cost Ali all 11 of Butler's nonconference games.

“Ali was so telegenic with his personality and looks; you couldn’t take your eyes off him. Howard’s job was to keep him on camera as long as possible, maybe gently agitate him from time to time.

Meanwhile, Ali’s jabs and counters give Dempsey’s head the bongo treatment. Unless Dempsey scored a knockout early, Ali’s endurance advantage would come into play around Round 6 or 7.

He was 74. The tour included Ali’s childhood neighborhood as well as the gym where he first began his boxing training. The route also passed Muhammad Ali Boulevard and the Muhammad Ali center.

Some 15 years after its release and a half year after the death of its subject, a new version of the Michael Mann film Ali is today being re-released on DVD.

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Nico Ali Walsh entered the same ring where his grandfather, Muhammad Ali, shared some of his greatest moments. And just like his grandfather, Ali Walsh exited the Madison Square Garden ring a winner.