He was sentenced to 5 years in jail, but appealed the conviction and never served a day in jail. He lose 3 plus years of being inactive during the prime of his boxing career.
He did go to jail for 10 days when he was caught "driving without a license."
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Technically yes he has, It was during the draft of the Vietnam war I believe, He refuses to join and was stripped of his title and thrown into jail. In jail he converted his faith to Muslim and then changed his name to Muhammad Ali, who was previously Casius Clay.
Muhammad Ali did not go to jail when he refused to be drafted. He did spend 10 days in jail for a traffic violation in Dade County Jail.