Muhammad Ali
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
161
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-01-17
Day of death
2016-06-03 (74 years old)
Place of Birth
Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Muhammad Ali
Biography
Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer, activist, entertainer and philanthropist. Nicknamed The Greatest, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated figures of the 20th century and as one of the greatest boxers of all time. Ali was born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky. He began training as an amateur boxer at age 12. At 18, he won a gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics and turned professional later that year. He became a Muslim after 1961. He won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in a major upset on February 25, 1964, at age 22. On March 6, 1964, he announced that he no longer would be known as Cassius Clay but as Muhammad Ali. In 1966, Ali refused to be drafted into the military, citing his religious beliefs and ethical opposition to the Vietnam War. He was found guilty of draft evasion so he faced 5 years in prison and was stripped of his boxing titles. He stayed out of prison as he appealed the decision to the Supreme Court, which overturned his conviction in 1971, but he had not fought for nearly four years and lost a period of peak performance as an athlete. Ali's actions as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation, and he was a very high-profile figure of racial pride for African Americans during the civil rights movement and throughout his career. As a Muslim, Ali was initially affiliated with Elijah Muhammad's Nation of Islam (NOI). He later disavowed the NOI, adhering to Sunni Islam, and supporting racial integration like his former mentor Malcolm X. Ali was a leading heavyweight boxer of the 20th century, and he remains the only three-time lineal champion of that division. His joint records of beating 21 boxers for the world heavyweight title and winning 14 unified title bouts stood for 35 years. He is the only fighter to have been ranked as the world's best heavyweight by BoxRec twelve times. He has been ranked among BoxRec's ten best heavyweights seventeen times, the third most in history. He won 8 fights that were rated by BoxRec as 5-Star, the third most in the history of the heavyweight division. Ali is the only boxer to be named The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year six times. He has been ranked the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, and as the greatest athlete of the 20th century by Sports Illustrated, the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC, and the third greatest athlete of the 20th century by ESPN SportsCentury. He was involved in several historic boxing matches and feuds, most notably his fights with Joe Frazier, such as the Fight of the Century and the Thrilla in Manila, and his fight with George Foreman, known as The Rumble in the Jungle, which has been called "arguably the greatest sporting event of the 20th century" and was watched by a record estimated television audience of 1 billion viewers worldwide, becoming the world's most-watched live television broadcast at the time. Ali thrived in the spotlight at a time when many fighters let their managers do the talking, and he was often provocative and outlandish. He was known for trash-talking, and often free-styled with rhyme schemes and spoken word poetry, anticipating elements of hip hop.
Known For
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
The Merv Griffin Show
Wogan
Bambi
Touched by an Angel
The Dick Cavett Show
Apostrophes
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
What's My Line?
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
70 Jahre Annemarie Moser-Pröll – Ein Leben als Wintermärchen
Explained
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
Kings of The Ring - History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
American Made
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Muhammad Ali The Whole Story
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
Mid-South Wrestling
The Greatest
Pelé Forever
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Earnie Shavers
Tyson
Beatles '64
Facing Ali
Africa Rising
O.J.: Made in America
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
The Best of ABC's Wide World of Sports: The 60's
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
The Documented Life and Times of Muhammad Ali - The Greatest
Soul Power
When We Were Kings
My Father Muhammad Ali
Muhammad and Larry
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
O.J.: Made in America
B.B. King: Live In Africa '74
Champions Forever
Da 5 Bloods
Night of 100 Stars III
Der Sport-Spiegel
Money Talks
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson II
Doin' Time
Muhammad Ali
Requiem for a Heavyweight
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Andre the Giant
Champions Forever - World Heavyweight Champs!
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
The Seventies
Muhammad Ali: Fighting Spirit
I Am Ali
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Shut Up and Dribble
Bill Russell: Legend
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
The Real Rocky
Best of Enemies
Black Power Salute
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Body and Soul
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Black Is Beltza
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
Pelé
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
Parkinson at 50
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World
A Life in Ten Pictures
Fight of the Century
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
McEnroe
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson I
Black Rodeo
Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Opening Ceremony
70 Years of Youth Revolt
Monday Night Mayhem
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Norman Mailer: The American
WrestleMania
The Century of Icons
Thrilla in Manila
The Fighters
Mister Candid Camera
Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Muhammad Ali - Rumble in the Jungle
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
Kings of The Square Ring
Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Sticky: A (Self) Love Story
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Stand
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Die Muhammad Ali Story
Malcolm X
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
In Search of Greatness
Freedom Road
Jack Paar: Smart Television
The King of Miami Beach
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II
Diana
Legends Never Die
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
The Super Fight
Ali's Dozen
The Champ and the King
Ron Lyle
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
When Ali Came to Britain
Something's Happening
City of Ali
Muhammad and Larry
Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami
Black Soul
Boxing's Greatest Champions
The Fight
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
Ali's 65
Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer
Rumble in the Jungle
Cassius Clay vs. Alonzo Johnson
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I
Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones
Thrilla in Manila
Ali: The Mission
Robbed
When Ali Met Cathal
Ali Rap
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Leon Spinks vs Muhammad Ali II
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick
Cassius le grand
Wake Up and Apologise
