First to win heavyweight championship of the world three times. Reinvented the way heavyweights were supposed to fight, deploying a speed and athleticism that was previously unheard of. a lot of things made Ali famous. If you watch a lot of his fights you might think nothing of it. But remember that the fight you are watching is around 40-50 years old.
He made history by becoming the first man to win the heavyweight championship of the world 3 times.
Evanader Holyfield ..5 times....four in the U.S...last one against Francis Botha at age 46
I"m not certain, but I'm pretty sure that edge has won the world heavyweight championship nine times.
You don't play boxing, BUT that was the sport Ali was in. He started boxing at the age of 12 in 1954, he won the Olympic Light Heavyweight Championship in 1960 in Rome and then turned Pro. He won the Heavyweight Championship of the World 3 times and retired for good at the end of 1981.
muhammad ali is the only fighter to win the linear heavyweight title three times, but others who won (at leaast) partial titles at least 3 times include: evander holyfield (4) two linear titles and two partial belts vitali klitschko (3) one linear belt
One time, and he won the world heavyweight championship 3 times.
im not sure. but he was world heavyweight champion 10 times i think
9 times
Including when it was called the wwf championship,5 times. The heavyweight championship also 5 times.
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.) is a retired American boxer and former three-time World Heavyweight Champion between 1964-1979. As an amateur, Ali won a gold medal at the Olympics in the light heavyweight division. As a professional, he became the only man to have won the lineal heavyweight championship three times. Total fights: 61 Wins: 56 Wins by KO:37 Losses: 5 Draws: 0 No contests: 0
Frank Gotch held four titles thru out his career: The World Heavyweight Championship and the American Heavyweight Championship (three times)!