Muhammad Ali

After Muhammad Ali’s death last week, various television programs have been giving a lot of emphasis on the life, career and all the challenges he faced throughout his boxing career. TV presenters recall again and again the man who faced Parkinson's disease, the same way he faced his rivals inside and outside the boxing ring. He became a boxer because someone stole his bicycle and he wanted to teach that person a lesson. He wanted justice. I share the opinion of many, that Muhammad Ali was…

project: Muhammed Ali & and his Worldwide Effect Almost everybody recognizes Muhammed Ali as one of the greatest boxers to ever live. To my surprise a numerous amount of people do not know the huge, worldwide effect Ali had in so many different areas. He fought for civil rights and provided hope for a countless number of African Americans in a time of distress. He also helped fight for religious freedoms in a time that only Christianity was embraced in the United States. Muhammed Ali was born…

In this particular photograph, Ali towered over his opponent, Sonny Liston, in victory. He stands alone, with only the crowd. Boxing was an individual sport. There were no teams, only one-on-one battle between the two fighters. The individualism of boxing related with American individualism…

Most people know that Mohamed Ali was a boxer. But there is much more to his life. For example he three heavy weight titles he gave countless money and time to charities and spent lots of time teaching about philanthropy. Muhamad Ali was and still is an all-time hero in my book. He is someone that can never be beaten he showed that anyone can do anything no matter what the circumstances. Cassius Marcellus clay Jr. is the full name of this fighter he was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1942.…

writing. These authors have all felt great pains and happiness. Rudyard Kipling, Maya Angelou had to deal with the oppression of being a colored person during a time where the nation was divided between the African Americans and the white man. Taha Muhammad Ali lived through the Arab- Israeli war, and had to flee his home when he was a teen. Through great suffering comes great inspiration and art. These poems all have a common meaning to them it is that if you can survive the worst that people…

Two days later to stir things up even more he joined the religion of the Nation of Islam. Days later he took a new name of “Muhammad Ali” meaning beloved of God (Hauser 5). He then later in 1967 denied…

ever was. Muhammad Ali 4. Muhammad Ali Ali was "The Greatest" during his boxing career, but it was after his boxing days were done that he secured his legend as a great American man. Was there ever a more moving moment in sports than when he lit the flame to open the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta? Ailing with Parkinson's, Ali has faced his long physical decline with the kind of courage and grace and humor that have made him not just admired, but truly beloved. Said Pres. Bill Clinton to Ali after…

He put himself in Robinson 's shoes to experience what his life turned into after his only famous moment boxing the almighty Muhammad Ali. The journey begins when a professional autograph collector, Stephen Singer, contacts Wright for assistance to complete his collection of all fifty boxers who fought Ali, with Robinson being the fiftieth autograph. Singer has an obsession over collecting memorabilia about Ali’s past fights, but in fact Singer cares more about his…

Boxing controversies have had major effects in the boxing game and forced the boxing association to change rules according to the controversy. One of the controversy called “The Phantom Punch” was about the boxers, Sonny Liston vs Muhammad Ali, for the World Heavyweight title. Liston was dropped by a hook in the first round and many would claim that he wasn’t even touched. Liston later said that he threw the fight to avoid being killed by Muslim extremists, but the punch did land. The…

“The tempt for greatness is the biggest drug in the world.” – Mike Tyson former heavy weight champion of the world. For decades boxing has been one of the most brutal and toughest sports yet it's also called the noble art and it's one of the top entertaining sports all over the world for the action it brings when two strong fighters get in the ring and give all what they've got and put everything on the line in order to win .Although it sounds cool when talking about that sport but there's an…