Is Muhammad Ali the greatest heavyweight boxing champion of all time?
Muhammad Ali African Americans – Muhammad Ali aka Cassius Clay, Heavyweight Boxing Champion of the World Muhammad Ali at a news conference that he conducts from inside the ring in Atlanta, Ga., Oct. 24, 1970 “I Am The Greatest” (b. January 17, 1942, Louisville, Ky.), African American heavyweight prizefighter, converted to Islam, antiwar protester, and international ambassador of goodwill. As the dominant heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s, Muhammad Ali won an Olympic gold medal, captured the professional world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions, and successfully defended his title 19 times. Ali’s extroverted, colorful style, both in and out of the ring, heralded a new mode of media-conscious athletic celebrity. Through his bold assertions of black pride, his conversion to the Muslim faith, and his outspoken opposition to the Vietnam War, Ali became a highly controversial symbol of the turbulent 1960s. Ali’s 1981 retirement from boxing did not diminish his status
