Clay was introduced to Ali by his manager, Herbert Muhammad, when the heavyweight champion still was known as Cassius Marcellus Clay. They married just 41 days later, on Aug. 14, 1964.

Sonji Roi, who was Ali’s first wife and married to the former heavyweight champion when he changed his name in 1964, died in 2005.

Malcolm X died on Feb. 21, 1965, just four days short of the first anniversary of Ali's surprise conquest of Sonny Liston. Ali's victory in 1964, in fact, greased the wheels then already in motion ...

Muhammad Ali had his first television interview with British journalist David Frost in 1968. Over the years, Frost conducted 12 televised interviews with the heavyweight champion, with the final ...

Corey Parson: When you talk about Muhammad Ali, you talk about the greatest of all time, the gold. That's where the phrase comes from. Tom Brady 's held it, Michael Jordan, LeBron James.

EXCLUSIVE: ALI, a musical about civil rights leader and world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who became a pivotal historical figure of the 20th century, transcending his sporting ...

Muhammad Ali and Will Smith sat down with Oprah Winfrey on her talk show in 2001 to discuss the actor’s starring role in Ali, the R-rated drama which chronicled the boxing legend’s life.