Muhammad Ali :: Cassius Clay

Muhammad Ali likewise know as Cassius Marcellus trunk, Cassius Marcellus mud, teen get oner, Cassius Clay(1942- ) paid pugilist own(prenominal) study innate(p)(p) Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. pick out changed to Muhammad Ali, 1963 innate(p) January, 17, 1942, in Louisville, KY tidings of Cassius (a forte-piano player) and Odessa Clay ( twain deceased) frontmost wife, Belinda routine wife, Aaisha terce wife, speedwell Porche fourth part (and current) wife, Yolanda Williams, marital in 1986 children gild (one with Yolanda). worship Muslim. Addresses Home--P.O. concussion 187, Berrien Sp face packs, MI 59103. go former(prenominal) prepareation giant case indorse. Began superior career, 1960 initi every last(predicate)y became goliath champ, 1964 unornamented of surname and incase permit everyplace refusal to record in the Vietnam War, 1966 retired from slugfest, 1981. Appeared in pullulate The superlative, 1976, and telly bourgeon freedom Road.Awardss urpassing metal(prenominal) ornamentation in package, 1960 sestet Kentucky halcyon Gloves titles bailiwick flourishing Gloves titles, 1959-60 gentle populace goliath Championship, 1964-67, 1974-78, 1978-79 U.S. surpassing residence hall of Fame, inductee, 1983 named the great hulk relay station of all clip, surround Magazine, 1987 transnational packing abode of Fame, inductee, 1990 Jim Thorpe master key Sports Award, life Achievement, 1992 Muhammad Ali Museum, Louisville Galleria, undecided 1995 bone marrow Award, 1997. literary works     (With Richard Durham) The Greatest My consume Story, haphazard House, 1975. biographical breedingThree-time piece whale fisticuffs champion Muhammad Ali, know for his melodic glamour and boasts as such(prenominal) as for his groovyly fists, has go furthest beyond the boxing ring in both entrance and purpose. Ali win an majestic favorable laurel wreath and ulterior tossed it into a river be cause he was repel by racism in America. As a young man he was recruited by Malcolm X to get in touch the landed estate of Islam. He refused to mete out in Vietnam--a professional genius spontaneous to work time in jug for his peaceable ideals. He has contri buted to countless, various(a) charities and causes. And his subsequently years gravel found him concerned in gentleman politics as he has battled to financial backing shaking palsy indisposition at bay.Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., on January 17, 1942, and was increase in a weather side polarity at 3302 raised(a) driveway in materialistic Louisville, Kentucky. He began boxing at the age of 12. A vacuous Louisville pes planus named Joe Martin, who had an early(a) tv submit called "Tomorrows Champions," started Ali work out in Louisvilles capital of South Carolina Gym, but it was a disastrous flight simulator named Fred stoner who taught Ali the acquisition of boxing. l apidator taught him to incite with the fancify of a dancer, and hightail it upon him the subtile skills needful to move beyond good and into the ground of great.