Muhammad Ali Be Banned Essay

Muhammad Ali is one of the greatest boxers of all time. He was an Olympian and World champion. During this time that was very frowned upon considering he was an African American. During his prime boxing career, a war broke out and he was asked to join the fight. From this point on he faced trouble not only with the military but with boxing as well. The reason Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the war can be very controversial and argued, but the questions are why did he refuse, was it justified, and should he have been banned from boxing for it. Before Muhammad Ali faced the troubles of military and boxing, he had a pretty easy start to his boxing career. Muhammad always walked around with confidence and he was never afraid of any of his fighters. He went undefeated taking out big names, including one of his own trainers so that he could get to the top and be a world champion. He …show more content…
Muhammad Ali refused to enter the war because he felt like it was going against his beliefs. They wanted Muhammad Ali to be like a mascot for the army just like how other celebrities were in the past (Demby). Muhammad Ali stated that “We don’t take part in Christian Wars or wars of any believers” (Pettinger). Because of that, Ali got banned from boxing in the United States and had to fight in other countries. People didn’t worry about how he was going to fight or if he was going to return to the United States to box again (Demby). Muhammad Ali couldn’t fight professionally and he had his title taken away from him. He also had to do time in prison for refusing to go to the war. When he got out of prison, he started rallies in different places around the countries that went against the Vietnam war (Pettinger). After a year of him being banned from the United States, he was able to come back and box other fighters