Muhammad Ali was one of the most talented boxer of his generation. In his boxing days, he inspired younger men to follow in his footsteps. He was twelve years old when he started boxing because he bike was stolen and he told a police officer, Joe Martin, that he wanted to beat up the thief. Joe Martin took Ali under his wing to learn boxing before challenging the thief. Within a few years, he rose to the top with his outstanding skills, dominating his matches, gaining the title as the greatest boxer in history. Thus, he became a hero because he impacted society gain respect, he had the courage to stand up for what he believed was right, and could relate to the average everyday person. First and foremost, Muhammad Ali impacted his society gaining respect from his peers.
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Having refused induction into the U.S Army, Ali stood for the proposition “Unless you have very good reason to kill, war is wrong.” His words reverberated through the whole society (Ali pg 50). After his retirement from boxing, he wanted to abolish racism in the world. In 1975, Ali threw his gold medal into the Ohio river after not being served at a “whites only” restaurant. Through various speeches he began to criticize the United States, despite claiming “Land of the free” they have segregated colored and white people. He was furious with the American government and society, he became a great factor in the African American Civil Rights Movement. Also, supporting Muhammad Ali’s courageousness, in 1984, Ali spoke out against the separatist doctrine of Louis Farrakhan, declaring “What he teaches is not at all what we believe in. He represents the time of our struggle in the dark and a time of confusion in us, and we don’t want to be associated with that at all.” (Ali pg 52). Ali’s message of black pride and resistance to white domination was on the cutting edge of the civil rights
Having refused induction into the U.S Army, Ali stood for the proposition “Unless you have very good reason to kill, war is wrong.” His words reverberated through the whole society (Ali pg 50). After his retirement from boxing, he wanted to abolish racism in the world. In 1975, Ali threw his gold medal into the Ohio river after not being served at a “whites only” restaurant. Through various speeches he began to criticize the United States, despite claiming “Land of the free” they have segregated colored and white people. He was furious with the American government and society, he became a great factor in the African American Civil Rights Movement. Also, supporting Muhammad Ali’s courageousness, in 1984, Ali spoke out against the separatist doctrine of Louis Farrakhan, declaring “What he teaches is not at all what we believe in. He represents the time of our struggle in the dark and a time of confusion in us, and we don’t want to be associated with that at all.” (Ali pg 52). Ali’s message of black pride and resistance to white domination was on the cutting edge of the civil rights