Muhammad Ali's Boxing Career

Before Mohammed Ali was Muhammad Ali he was Cassius Marcella clay Jr .Muhammad Ali filled his way to success when his boxing career all started because his bicycle was stolen and a Louisville police officer Joe Martin who was a boxing trainer suggesting that the young Ali should first learn how to fight.18 year old Muhammad who just graduated high school making it to the Rome Olympics came back home to Louisville a gold medalist in 1960 but that joy quickly faded away when he was refused service in a white restaurant Ali was was filled with anger throwing his medal off the bridge in the Ohio river to protest against racism that was still in his home town.In 1964 Ali failed the armed forces qualification test because his writing and spelling skills were not good .Ali was diagnosed with dyslexia which was a key factor for his writing and spelling scores barely made him complete high school Muhammad graduated 376 out of a class of 391.Ali converted to the Nation of Islam in 1965, under leader Elijah Muhammad,later in 1966 the Vietnam war put a pause in Ali's career when he refused to serve in the Vietnam was due to his religious beliefs Ali converted from the Nation of Islam sect to mainstream Sunni Islam in 1975 because war is against the teachings in the holy Qumran Ali famously said “I ain’t got no quarrel with …show more content…
ing during the fight Ali kept shouting out to his opponent“What’s my name, Uncle Tom … What’s my name.”Terrell suffered 15 rounds of Allies brutal beating loosing 13 out of 15 rounds but Ali did not knock him out on two judges scorecard .On ESPN the sports channel “Ali Rap” special several people who spoke speculated that the the fight only lasted that long because Ali chose not to end it choosing to further punish Terrell instead for no calling him correct name Tex Maule wrote, “It was a wonderful demonstration of boxing skill and a barbarous display of cruelty.”.The outspoken but popular former champion attracted the wrong type of attention which was