Some of Ali's greatest and moments came in the life he led outside the ring. Ali was not only the greatest boxer in history therefore most significant. He was a role model for African Americans around the country. Ali was as confident in the public as he was in the boxing ring. As a black man living in a time that questioned his rights as a person, Ali faced and fought issues of race and to this day ranks as one of the hero's of the Civil Rights movement.Ali's adoption to the Muslim faith brought him millions of new fans who had never heard of him otherwise. It banded him closer to the black community in America. In the same year, after joining the black Muslims, he assumed the name Muhammad Ali. In 1967 he refused to be inducted into the United States Army on the grounds that he was a Black Muslim minister and therefore a conscientious objector. His simple "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong" became a rallying cry for america. He was subsequently convi

Sparked by the robbery of his prized new bicycle, the 12-year old Ali began to study boxing. He spent his teen years at the gym, training his body and mind into championship caliber . He would win the world heavyweight championship three times by using his combination of blinding speed and awesome power. Not even the confident Ali could have dreamed the career that waited in his future. He was a Golden Gloves champion at age 17, an Olympic gold medalist at age 18

His professional career began with a victory over Tunney Hunsaker on October 29, 1960, and would end some twenty-one years later with a loss to Trevor Berbick on December 11, 1981, only his fifth loss in more than two decades of professional boxing. Always inspired by the toughest of challenges, Ali would face many of history's greatest fighters, almost always leaving the ring victorious. In 1964, Clay shocked the world by dethroning Sonny Liston at the young age of 22. After this win, Clay publicly announced his conversion to the religion of Islam and change of his name to Muhammad Ali.

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