![]() ![]() He won a six-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker, who was the police chief of Fayetteville, West Virginia. In Louisville, October 29, 1960, Cassius Clay won his first professional fight. Rather than the normal boxing style of carrying the hands high to defend the face, he instead relied on his quick feet and ability to avoid a punch. Standing at 6’3″ (1.91 m), Ali had a highly unorthodox style for a heavyweight boxer. He subsequently converted to Sunni Islam in 1975. Ali would later change his name after joining the Nation of Islam. He was named after his father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., (who was named after the 19th-century abolitionist and politician Cassius Clay). Not only do I knock ’em out, I pick the round. “Īli was born in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942. “I’m not the greatest I’m the double greatest. He won the World Heavyweight Boxing championship three times and won the North American Boxing Federation championship as well as an Olympic gold medal. In 1999, Ali was crowned “Sportsman of the Century” by Sports Illustrated. Janu– 3 June 2016) was an Olympic and World Champion boxer, who also had a unique personality, based on self-belief and strong religious and political convictions. Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. ![]()
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