1942-01-17 ( 83 years old ) in Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time.
Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and turned professional later that year. He became a Muslim after 1961. He won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset on February 25, 1964, at age 22. On March 6, 1964, he announced that he no longer would be known as Cassius Clay but as Muhammad Ali. In 1966, Ali refused to be drafted into the military, citing his religious beliefs and ethical opposition to the Vietnam War. He was found guilty of draft evasion so he faced 5 years in prison and was stripped of his boxing titles. He stayed out of prison as he appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971, but he had not fought for nearly four years and lost a period of peak performance as an athlete. Ali's actions as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation, and he was a very high-profile figure of racial pride for African Americans during the civil rights movement and throughout his career. As a Muslim, Ali was initially affiliated with Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI). He later disavowed the NOI, adhering to Sunni Islam, and supporting racial integration like his former mentor Malcolm X.
Ali was a leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century, and he remains the only three-time lineal champion of that division. His joint records of beating 21 boxers for the world heavyweight title and winning 14 unified title bouts stood for 35 years. He is the only fighter to have been ranked as the world's best heavyweight by BoxRec twelve times. He has been ranked among BoxRec's ten best heavyweights seventeen times, the third most in history. He won 8 fights that were rated by BoxRec as 5-Star, the third most in the history of the heavyweight division. Ali is the only boxer to be named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times. He has been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, and as the greatest athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated, the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC, and the third greatest athlete of the 20th century by ESPN SportsCentury. He was involved in several historic boxing matches and feuds, most notably his fights with Joe Frazier, such as the Fight of the Century and the Thrilla in Manila, and his fight with George Foreman, known as The Rumble in the Jungle, which has been called "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century" and was watched by a record estimated television audience of 1 billion viewers worldwide, becoming the world's most-watched live television broadcast at the time. Ali thrived in the spotlight at a time when many fighters let their managers do the talking, and he was often provocative and outlandish. He was known for trash-talking, and often free-styled with rhyme schemes and spoken word poetry, anticipating elements of hip hop.
Movies
Beatles '64
2024-11-28
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
2024-04-05
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
2023-12-03
Cassius X: Becoming Ali
2023-10-13
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
2023-08-01
Stand
2023-02-03
My Father Muhammad Ali
2023-01-13
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
2022-10-27
McEnroe
2022-07-15
The King of Miami Beach
2022-05-03
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
2021-09-08
Parkinson at 50
2021-08-28
Untold: Deal with the Devil
2021-08-17
City of Ali
2021-06-04
Biography: 'Rowdy' Roddy Piper
2021-04-25
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
2021-04-23
Mister Candid Camera
2021-03-20
Pelé
2021-02-23
Ron Lyle
2021-01-01
Earnie Shavers
2021-01-01
Da 5 Bloods
2020-06-12
Be Water
2020-01-25
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
2020-01-16
Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
2019-11-15
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
2019-06-21
Africa Rising
2019-06-03
Thrilla in Manila
2019-06-01
The Kennedy Who Changed The World
2019-03-12
In Search of Greatness
2018-11-02
The Champ and the King
2018-10-11
Black Is Beltza
2018-10-05
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
2018-08-02
Andre the Giant
2018-04-10
American Made
2017-08-18
Europa: The Last Battle
2017-07-12
Muhammad Ali - Rumble in the Jungle
2016-06-04
O.J.: Made in America
2016-05-20
Sticky: A (Self) Love Story
2016-02-14
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
2015-11-06
I Am Ali
2014-10-10
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
2014-01-01
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
2013-10-04
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
2013-09-10
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
2013-08-23
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
2012-07-23
Norman Mailer: The American
2012-05-18
The Real Rocky
2011-10-25
Muhammad and Larry
2009-10-27
Muhammad Ali: Fighting Spirit
2009-10-10
Rumble in the Jungle
2009-09-07
Soul Power
2009-06-10
Facing Ali
2009-05-29
When Ali Met Cathal
2009-01-05
Thrilla in Manila
2008-11-11
Black Power Salute
2008-07-09
Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami
2008-06-01
Tyson
2008-05-16
Ali's Dozen
2006-12-09
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
2006-10-17
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World
2006-10-05
Ali Rap
2006-08-06
Legends Never Die
2006-06-01
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
2004-01-01
Jack Paar: Smart Television
2003-11-29
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
2003-04-01
Monday Night Mayhem
2002-01-14
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
2001-11-19
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
2001-01-01
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
2000-08-17
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
2000-04-14
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection
1999-06-15
B.B. King: Live In Africa '74
1998-05-13
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
1998-01-01
When We Were Kings
1996-10-25
Muhammad Ali The Whole Story
1996-09-03
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
1996-02-12
Boxing's Greatest Champions
1995-03-27
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
1994-10-23
Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer
1993-05-01
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
1991-01-01
Night of 100 Stars III
1990-05-21
Champions Forever
1989-11-01
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
1988-01-22
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
1986-11-22
Doin' Time
1985-05-19
WrestleMania
1985-03-31
Larry Holmes vs. David Bey
1985-03-15
James Bond: The First 21 Years
1983-05-27
Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick
1981-12-11
Body and Soul
1981-10-09
Diana
1981-03-02
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
1980-10-02
Muhammad and Larry
1980-01-01
Freedom Road
1979-10-29
Leon Spinks vs Muhammad Ali II
1978-09-15
The Greatest
1977-05-17
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
1975-10-01
Ali the Man: Ali the Fighter
1975-09-01
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
1975-03-09
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
1974-04-09
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II
1974-01-28
Black Soul
1974-01-01
The Fighters
1974-01-01
The Fight
1974-01-01
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson II
1972-09-20
Money Talks
1972-08-30
Wake Up and Apologise
1972-07-17
Malcolm X
1972-05-24
Black Rodeo
1972-05-01
Fight of the Century
1971-03-08
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
1971-03-08
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
1970-11-03
The Super Fight
1970-01-20
Something's Happening
1967-12-19
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson I
1965-11-22
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II
1965-05-25
Cassius le grand
1964-12-01
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I
1964-02-25
Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones
1963-03-13
Requiem for a Heavyweight
1962-10-16
Cassius Clay vs. Alonzo Johnson
1961-07-22
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