MUHAMMAD ALI

MUHAMMAD ALI

• Muhammad Ali was a professional African American boxer who was the best of all time.
• Muhammad Ali won a gold medal at the Olympics when he was only 18 in the light heavyweight.
• At age 22, in 1964, he won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset.
• Muhammad Ali was a racial pride for African Americans during the civil rights movement.

MUHAMMAD ALI

• His records of beating 21 boxers for the world heavyweight title and winning 14 unified title bouts were unbeaten for 35 years.
• He was known for trash-talking, and often freestyled with rhyme schemes and spoken word poetry.

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