Was born in Louisville, Kentucky, USA on January 17, 1942. And now he is 62 years old. Muhammad Ali has nine children seven girls and two boys.
Muhammad and his wife follow the tenets of Sunni Islam. Muhammad represented the United States of America at the 1960 Rome Olympics, and won a gold medal in boxing
In 1954 in Louisville, Kentucky, 12-year-old Cassius Marcellus Clay’s bike was stolen while he and a friend were at the Columbia Auditorium.
Young Cassius found a cop in a gym, Joe Martin, and boiling with youthful rage, told Martin he was going to up who ever stole his bike. Martin admonished sad, ‘’you better learn to box first. Within’’ weeks, 89-pound Cassius had his first win.
The national response was immediate, negative and intense. Cassius X, soon to be given the name Muhammad Ali, by NOI founder, "The Messenger," the Honourable Elijah Muhammad, chose to disassociate himself from his friend and mentor Malcolm X after the Messenger suspended Malcolm. Herbert Muhammad, eldest son of Elijah, was installed as Ali’s new manager as Ali continued to defend his crown against all comers.
In 1967, as the Vietnam War was started, Ali was called up for induction into the Armed Services. Ali refused induction on the grounds of religious beliefs. He was, in fact, a practicing Muslim minister. This refusal led to the now-famous Ali quote, "I am not got a quarrel with them in Vietcong…"
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