MUHAMMAD ALI: Ali on Muhammad Ali, Donald Trump, Trump, civil rights, Clinton, terrorism, Jihad, racism, and the Vietnam War

by Muhammad Ali

Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Muhammad Ali won the Olympic gold medal in 1960. A few years later, after he won the world heavyweight title for the first time as a professional boxer, Clay announced that he had embraced Islam and discarded his ancestors' "slave name." From then on he was known as Muhammad Ali, and by many, as simply the Greatest. Mike Tyson, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump and dignitaries from around the world paid tribute to the boxing giant and civil rights leader after his death in early June 2016. An American boxing legend who transcended the sport, Ali was both beloved and controversial. He so dominated professional boxing that Sports Illustrated magazine named him Sportsman of the 20th Century. Known for his boastful, passionate, outspoken style, Ali explained his boxing style in just a few “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."

Ali became the center of a firestorm of controversy three years after his name change and conversion to Islam, when he refused to be drafted into the U.S. Army, based on his religious beliefs and his opposition to the Vietnam War. He is best known for his fights against Joe Frazier, George Foreman, and Sonny Liston. He was also a citizen of the world, fighting "the thrilla in Manila" and "the Rumble in the Jungle."

68 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 4, 2016

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American prizefighter Muhammad Ali, originally Cassius Marcellus Clay, Junior, won the world heavyweight title in 1964, but as a result of his refusal to allow the Army to induct him during the Vietnam War, people stripped him of his title and from 1967 from competing banned him to 1970; he later regained the title two more times in 1974 and 1978.

This former professional boxer, philanthropist, and social activist lived.

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