When Muhammad Ali was 12 years old, someone stole
his bicycle. It was a shiny new bike, a birthday present. Ali was very angry.
He told a police officer he wanted to punch the person who stole it. The
officer suggested that he back up those “fighting words” by learning how to
box.
During the next 25 years, Muhammad Ali would
become one of the top athletes and best boxers of the 20th century. He won a
gold medal at the Olympic Games. He went on to earn the title of world
heavyweight boxing champion three different times. His fights were major events
watched by millions of people around the world.
THE YOUNG CASSIUS CLAY
Muhammad Ali was born in 1942 in Louisville,
Kentucky. His parents named him Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. They named their
son after a Kentucky statesman who had fought against slavery in the 1800s.
Young Cassius Clay quickly made his mark in the
boxing ring. He turned professional after winning a gold medal in the Olympic
Games in 1960. Four years later, he knocked out Sonny Liston to earn his first
world heavyweight champion title.
After winning the title, Clay converted to Islam.
This religion follows the teachings of the prophet Muhammad. When Clay
converted, he took a new name, Muhammad Ali.
A CHAMPION IN PRISON
In 1967, Ali was called on to join the United
States Army. The country was fighting the Vietnam War at the time, and young men
were being enlisted to take part. But Ali refused to go. He said his religion
taught him to oppose all wars.
Ali was sentenced to prison, fined, and
stripped of his boxing title. Ali fought his conviction, but he did not regain
the right to box professionally for 3½ years.
THRILLING FIGHTS
In 1974, Ali won the world heavyweight
title again by beating George Foreman. Then he defended a challenge by former
heavyweight champion Joe Frazier in a fight Ali called “The Thrilla in Manila.”
This was a 15-round fight in the capital city of the Philippines. Ali won that
fight.
Ali defended his heavyweight title six more times
before he lost to Leon Spinks in February 1978. But Ali came back to beat
Spinks and regain the title seven months later.
RETIREMENT
Ali retired in 1981 with a record of 56 wins
and 5 losses. He won fame for his graceful footwork, powerful jabs, and
confident boasts about his boxing skill. He proclaimed that he was “The
Greatest,” and many sports fans agreed.
Ali thrilled fans once again when he lit the flame
at the start of the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia.
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