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Muhammad Ali
Age: 68
Height: 6' 3"
Birth Place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Born: Jan. 17th, 1942
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NOTE: Complete List of Works can be found at
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BIOGRAPHY: Muhammad Ali beat more champions and top contenders than any heavyweight champion in history. He defeated heavyweight kings Sonny Liston (twice), Floyd Patterson (twice), Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, Ken Norton (twice), Joe Frazier (twice), George Foreman, and Leon Spinks. He defeated light-heavyweight champs Archie Moore and Bob Foster. Ali defeated European Heavyweight Champions Henry Cooper, Karl Mildenberger, Jurgin Blin, Joe Bugner, Richard Dunn, Jean-Pierre Coopman and Alfredo Evangelista. He defeated British & Commonwealth king Brian London. All of Ali's defeats were to heavyweight champions: Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Leon Spinks, Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick. Also beat undefeated fighters Sonny Banks (12-0), Billy Daniels (16-0), Rudi Lubbers (21-0) and George Foreman (40-0).
TRIVIA:
- Was featured in a "Pizza Hut" Pizza, boxing commercial alongside 'David Bortolucci' (qv) and real life trainer 'Angelo Dundee' (qv), which was meant to air during the 1998 "Super Bowl", and was pulled at the very last moment, for being to violent. The cost was set in the ten of millions.
- Trained by Joe Martin (1953-1959) as an amateur, 'Archie Moore (I)' (qv) (1960-1961) and 'Angelo Dundee' (qv) (1961-1980).
- Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, 1986.
- Met 'The Beatles' (qv) while training to fight 'Sonny Liston' (qv), and posed for photos with them in a boxing ring. Declared afterward that they were the greatest, but he was "still the prettiest".
- Awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President 'George W. Bush' (qv) on 9 November 2005. Other recipients were 'Frank Robinson (I)' (qv), Gen. 'Richard Myers (III)' (qv), 'Paul Rusesabagina' (qv), 'Carol Burnett' (qv), 'Andy Griffith (I)' (qv), 'Aretha Franklin' (qv), 'Vint Cerf' (qv) and his Internet co-developer Robert Kahn, 'Jack Nicklaus' (qv), Alan Greenspan, and former congressman G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery.
- Inactive for 3 and a half years while fighting his draft evasion case in court.
- As an amateur, Ali was only knocked-out once in over 110 fights, by 'Kent Green' (qv) on a 3rd round technical knockout. Green went on to a 14-2 pro boxing record.
- He was awarded a Star on the HOllywood Walk of Fame for Live Theatre at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
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