Muhammad Ali
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
164
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 Mike Douglas Show
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Dick Cavett Show
What's My Line?
Wogan
Bambi
The Merv Griffin Show
Touched by an Angel
Explained
Apostrophes
Tyson
Da 5 Bloods
American Made
Doin' Time
Body and Soul
Money Talks
I Am Ali
In Search of Greatness
Andre the Giant
Darts Tarts – Welcome to my World
1971: The Year That Music Changed Everything
O.J.: Made in America
The Captain and Tennille
Champions Forever
Ron Lyle
O.J.: Made in America
Ali's Dozen
Pariah: The Lives and Deaths of Sonny Liston
What's My Name | Muhammad Ali
Black Rodeo
The Fight
Diana
The Seventies
Shut Up and Dribble
The Super Fight
The Real Rocky
Ali Rap
Der Sport-Spiegel
Mid-South Wrestling
Muhammad Ali
Mister Candid Camera
Bill Russell: Legend
Mike Tyson vs Larry Holmes
Funny Girl to Funny Lady
Pelé
Die Muhammad Ali Story
When We Were Kings
The Century of Icons
Untold: Deal with the Devil
Parkinson at 50
The Greatest
Best of Enemies
70 Years of Youth Revolt
A Life in Ten Pictures
Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration
Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson
James Bond: The First 21 Years
Facing Ali
Freedom Road
Night of 100 Stars III
Beatles '64
Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight
Blood Brothers: Malcolm X & Muhammad Ali
Leon Spinks vs Muhammad Ali II
Muhammad and Larry
Street Gang: How We Got to Sesame Street
Untold: Jake Paul the Problem Child
WWE: Undertaker 20-0 - The Streak
WWE: Hulk Hogan: The Ultimate Anthology
Say Hey, Willie Mays!
McEnroe
Requiem for a Heavyweight
The Champ and the King
Black Is Beltza
WWE Hall of Fame 2024
Behind the Shield: The Power and Politics of the NFL
Something's Happening
Champions Forever - World Heavyweight Champs!
Sticky: A (Self) Love Story
Fight of the Century
City of Ali
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
WrestleMania
Monday Night Mayhem
Soul Power
Les vendredis d'Apostrophes
Freestyle: The Art of Rhyme
Stand
Malcolm X
The Fighters
Thrilla in Manila
Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am
Mike Tyson vs Trevor Berbick
Africa Rising
Robbed
The Best of the Dean Martin Celebrity Roasts
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
Legends Never Die
WCW Halloween Havoc 1994
Legends of Mid-South Wrestling
Pelé Forever
Muhammad Ali The Whole Story
Muhammad and Larry
Black Power Salute
Ali's Comeback: The Untold Story
Jack Paar: Smart Television
Kings of the Square Ring
The Trials of Muhammad Ali
a.k.a. Cassius Clay
Boxing's Greatest Champions
James Brown - The Night James Brown Saved Boston
The Summer of Love
The Journey of the African-American Athlete
Naked Sport: Welcome to the Sewer
Atlanta 1996: Games of the XXVI Olympiad - Opening Ceremony
Muhammad Ali - Through The Eyes Of The World
Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami
Ali & Cavett: The Tale of the Tapes
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier I
Wake Up and Apologise
B.B. King: Live In Africa '74
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier II
Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston II
Earnie Shavers
Muhammad Ali vs. Trevor Berbick
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Muhammad Ali, the Greatest
My Father Muhammad Ali
The Rumble in the Jungle: George Foreman vs. Muhammad Ali
Tribute to Chuck Wepner: The Legacy and Retirement of the Real Rocky Balboa
United We Stand: The Ali Summit
Ali-Frazier I: One Nation... Divisible
When Ali Met Cathal
Black Soul
The Last Round: Chuvalo vs. Ali
Thrilla in Manila
Ali's 65
Norman Mailer: The American
Muhammad Ali: The Greatest
Larry Holmes vs. Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali vs. Sonny Liston I
Muhammad Ali - The Greatest Collection
Ali: The Mission
Out From Ali's Shadow: The Larry Holmes Story
70 Jahre Annemarie Moser-Pröll – Ein Leben als Wintermärchen
When Boxing Ruled The World
Muhammad Ali - Rumble in the Jungle
Cassius Clay vs. Doug Jones
Cassius X: Becoming Ali
Rumble in the Jungle
The Best of ABC's Wide World of Sports: The 60's
Cassius Clay vs. Alonzo Johnson
Franz Klammer - The Ski "Kaiser" Will Be 70
The Documented Life and Times of Muhammad Ali - The Greatest
Muhammad Ali vs. Joe Frazier III
Kings of The Ring - History of Heavyweight Boxing 1919-1990
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson I
Cassius le grand
Muhammad Ali vs. Floyd Patterson II
Kings of the Ring: Four Legends of Heavyweight Boxing
The King of Miami Beach
When Ali Came to Britain
Muhammad Ali: Fighting Spirit
