January 17,1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father's name was Cassius Clay, Sr. His

mother's name was Odessa Grady Clay. Cassius's father made his living as a painter.

Cassius got his first bike at age 12 but it was stolen after two days. He went to report it to

a police officer. The police officer he came upon was Joe Martin, an Irish-American who

owned an amateur boxing gym. He persuaded Cassius to learn boxing. That was the start

of his career. Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay, Jr.) is known as the greatest boxer of all time.

It didn't take long before Cassius was completely dedicated to boxing. Cassius was

now going to pursue his career. At the age of 16 Cassius won the Louisville Golden Glove

light heavyweight title. Then he won the Amateur Athletic Union (AUU) title in 1960 and

went on to represent the United States in the Rome Oly

Cassius was starting to emerge as a champion. His first title shot was against

After the match Cassius gave the news that he had converted to Islam. Before this

knocked him out with the infamous phantom punch. The punch was so fast the cameras

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