WASHINGTON - For Muhammad Ali, the idea of being a humble athlete — someone pre-packaged and palatable for white America — was never an option. Instead, he demanded respect not only as a boxer but as ...
Of course, there will never be another Muhammad Ali, and at times it seems hard to believe there was even one, so oversized has the mythology of his life become. But Ali was very real — a legend, a ...
I was five years old when Muhammad Ali came to Bombay, which is now Mumbai. He had an exhibition against an Indian boxer. My father, my brother and I were in the outdoor stands along with thousands of ...
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (Reuters) - The death of Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his political activism as his boxing brilliance, triggered a worldwide outpouring of ...
Lewiston’s Muhammad Ali statue, unveiled recently in front of Bates Mill No. 5, commemorates a famous rematch of two heavyweights, Ali and Sonny Liston, in May 1965. It also symbolizes the ...