Ali

Muhammad Ali Over the centuries athletes have been an influence to many culture. They have brought entertainment and revolutionized the world of sports. An athlete who did this was Muhammad Ali, a boxer who entertained households worldwide, and changed the sport forever. Ali came from a humble beginning, many criticized his career, and he became a cultural icon. Muhammad Ali is a man who rose from a humble beginning, and made himself a legend coming from nothing. Born January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky as Cassius Clay but later on changed his name to Muhammad Ali (Muhammad Ali). Growing up, Ali wore ragged clothing, often with patches, and shoes with cardboard inserts that covered holes in the soles (Muhammad 1). Ali was rather unfortunate…

The Greatest Muhammad Ali experienced injustice at one of his earliest times as a boxer for the U.S. (“Muhammad Ali”, 2000). This made him make a decision that could have jeopardized his career. Muhammad Ali used his privileged fame and success from boxing to show people a world where anyone can feel comfortable about speaking about important topics, even if it affects their image. As a kid, Ali was always very curious, asking questions about the limited amount of racial diversity in the Bible,…

Mohammad Ali- a world renowned boxer who shows and spreads messages of equality, freedom, and the safety of society. Mohammad Ali has always shown his passion for these subjects through events, public speeches, charities, and protests. Moreover, a novel that Mohammad Ali would choose, to spread these messages across would be The Old Man and The Sea. This novel exhibits prime aspects that Mohammad Ali follows, through his life, such as perseverance, struggle and defeat, and equality. As a result,…

Muhammad Ali a professional boxer, idealist, social activist, and philanthropist was born January 17 1942. Ali birth name was Marcellus Clay Jr. born in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Cassius Clay, Sr., worked as a sign painter and his mother, Odessa, worked as a maid. Young Cassius had a younger brother named Rudy. The Clays weren 't rich, but they weren 't poor either. Muhammad Ali became embody what it means to be an American in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. As…

Muhammad Ali was one of the most influential people to ever walk on Earth. He will always be known as one of, if not, the greatest boxer to ever step into the ring. During his life and after his death, Ali impacted the world greatly. Despite making a few controversial decisions, Muhammad Ali will always be an influence to everyone, because he defeated all odds set against him, he conquered the boxing world, and he became known as the self-proclaimed “greatest of all time”. However, Muhammad Ali…

“Float like a butterfly; sting like a bee ahhhh! Rumble, young man rumble ahhhh!” Those were the words echoed time and time again from Cassius Clay and his corner man David Brown. Better known as Muhammad Ali, he has a legacy of being the greatest fighter whoever lived. Muhammad Ali has a career record of 56 wins, 5 losses, and 37 knockouts. Just a kid from a southern town of Louisville, Kentucky, raised in a normal middle class family where he and his brother were expected to either work or go…

Zaire, is arguably one of the most famous fights in boxing history. It saw Muhammad Ali, coming back from a three and a half year suspension for refusal to comply with the U.S. Vietnam draft, regain his Heavyweight World Champion title by knocking out the younger, stronger George Foreman. This was achieved through a combination of pioneering tactics and perfect technical skills. However, the fight was also steeped in politics, from its contemporary Civil Rights movement in the U.S., to the…

Though Muhammad Ali was not one to skirt with the concept of breaking the law and resorting to aggressive means to ensure his survival outside of the ring, but he was known to stir controversy when his opinions, often strong, were to clash with the established norms and issues of the time. One of the most notable examples was his eventual arrest and conviction upon refusing to serve in the armed forces during the Vietnam War. An institution that was one of the primary elements of the…

The movie Ali with Will Smith I believe portrayed the boxer as a person with perseverance and calculating. The fight scene with George Foreman spoke volumes about Ali’s character. In this particular scene it was clear that Ali had lost to George before and this fight was about Ali reclaiming his title as the heavy weight champion of the world. Viewers were able to see Ali’s perseverance throughout the whole movie especially when his team lacked confidence in him. He was not going to give up.…

On the 28th of April 1967, Muhammad Ali, the reigning heavyweight champion of the world, in an act of defiance towards the American government, refused induction into the United States military on the grounds that he was a conscientious objector. Ali’s conscience reason was that it would go against the teachings of his religion Islam. He believed he should be exempt from participation in the Vietnam War because it went against his religion to do so. Islam is a religion of peace however it is…