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.
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Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942) is a retired American boxer and three-time World Heavyweight Champion, who is widely considered one of the greatest heavyweight championship boxers of all time. As an amateur, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. After turning professional, he went on to become the first boxer to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times.