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Muhammad Ali conceived Cassius Marcellus Clay January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American expert boxer and lobbyist. He is generally viewed as a standout amongst the most critical and praised sports figures of the twentieth century. From at a very early stage in his profession, Ali was known as a moving, disputable, and polarizing figure both inside and outside the ring. 

Cassius Clay was brought up in Louisville, Kentucky, and started preparing as a beginner boxer when he was 12 years of age. At age 18, he won a gold award in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome and turned proficient soon thereafter. At age 22 of every 1964, he won the WBA, WBC, and lineal heavyweight titles from Sonny Liston in a noteworthy miracle. Mud at that point changed over to Islam and changed his name from Cassius Clay, which he called his "slave name", to Muhammad Ali. He set a case of racial pride for African Americans and protection from white control amid the Civil Rights Movement. 

In 1966, two years subsequent to winning the heavyweight title, Ali additionally alienated the white foundation by declining to be drafted into the U.S. military, refering to his religious convictions and resistance to American association in the Vietnam War.[12][14] He was in the end captured, discovered liable of draft avoidance charges, and stripped of his boxing titles. He effectively bid the choice to the U.S. Incomparable Court, which toppled his conviction in 1971, by which time he had not battled for about four years and in this manner lost a time of pinnacle execution as a competitor. Ali's activities as a pacifist to the war made him a symbol for the bigger counterculture age. 

Ali is viewed as one of the main heavyweight boxers of the twentieth century, and remains the main three-time lineal heavyweight champion. Amid 1964, Ali ruled as the undisputed heavyweight champion. His records of the most wins in heavyweight title sessions and most wins in bound together title sessions in current boxing history were unbeaten for 35 and 38 years individually. Ali is the main boxer to be named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times. He was additionally positioned as the best competitor of the twentieth century by Sports Illustrated, the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC, and the third most noteworthy competitor of the twentieth century by ESPN SportsCentury. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he was associated with a few notable boxing matches.[17] Notable among these were the main Liston battle; the "Battle of the Century", "Super Fight II" and the "Thrilla in Manila" against his opponent Joe Frazier; and "The Rumble in the Jungle" against George Foreman. 

When most contenders let their supervisors do the talking, Ali flourished in and without a doubt desired the spotlight, where he was regularly provocative and outlandish.[18][19][20] He was known for waste talking, and frequently freestyled with rhyme conspires and talked word verse, both for his junk talking in boxing and as political verse for his activism, envisioning components of rap and hip bounce music.[21][22][23] As an artist, Ali recorded two talked word collections and a mood and blues tune, and got two Grammy Award nominations.[23] As an on-screen character, he performed in a few movies and a Broadway melodic. Furthermore, Ali composed two self-portrayals, one amid and one after his boxing profession. 

As a Muslim, Ali was at first associated with Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI) and upheld their dark dissenter philosophy. He later repudiated the NOI, sticking to Sunni Islam, honing Sufism, and supporting racial mix, similar to his previous tutor Malcolm X. 

In the wake of resigning from confining at age 39 1981, Ali concentrated on religion and philanthropy. In 1984, Ali was determined to have Parkinson's disorder, which his specialists ascribed to boxing-related mind injuries.[citation needed] As his condition intensified, Ali showed up and was administered to by his family until his demise on June 3, 2016, in Scottsdale, Arizon