Muhammad Ali

Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. was born in Louisville Kentucky on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. Barely past his first decade of life, Clay, Jr. became introduced to boxing and began mounting a successful amateur boxing career which saw him win both the National AAU and Golden Gloves Championships. Clay, Jr.’s interest in boxing was spurred by the theft of his beloved bicycle when he was only 12 years old. The young Clay, Jr. was determined to dedicate himself to building both his mind and body but even someone with Clay, Jr.’s determination would have found it difficult to foresee his eventual success in the sport, “A Golden Gloves champion at age 17, an Olympic gold medallist at age 18, an undefeated heavyweight champion at age 22” (The boxer, 1999, 1).

Clay, Jr. was renown for his exuberant personality a

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ed him with steely resolve. Ali emerged from each conflict and controversy stronger, prouder and more determined than before. He was dedicated to living life with courage and dignity while fighting for the convictions in which he believed. Ali, perhaps more than any other athlete, was able to transcend athletics and represent grace and dignity as a human being as much as a boxer, “His life was so brassy and daring, so filled with wonders and adventure, and so enlarged by the magic of his personality and the play of his mind that no one remotely like him has ever been seen on the sporting scene. Dancer, poet, fighter, mime, he was sui generis—the most gifted and unforgettable athlete-performer of his time. He inspired the era of globally televised megabuck fights, but no stage was ever large enough for his range of expression” (Nack, 1994, 2). Coming of age in the era of the Vietnam War, the Civil Right’s movement and the social upheaval of the 1960s and 1970s, Muhammad Ali was fond of saying “I’m bigger than boxing” (Nack, 1994, 2). Ali was champ in the ring, but his victories in boxing like those outside of the ring did not come without a price. Ali endured more than 440 blows in one fight with Joe Frazier alone. He was
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