Muhammad Ali
| Full Name : | Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. |
| Public : | Muhammad Ali |
| Nickname : | The Greatest |
| Country : | United States (USA)  |
| DOB : | January 17, 1942 (Age 68) |
| Place : | Louisville, Kentucky |
| Height : | 6' 3" |
| Weight : | 230 lbs. |
| Sport : | Boxing |
| Team : | Heavyweight (Unlimited) |
| Level : | Professional |
| Status : | Legend |
| Muhammad Ali |
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| Boxing Record : 56 - 5 - 0 | |
| Won | : 56 |
| by KO | : 37 |
| by decision | : 19 |
| by disq. | : 0 |
| Lost | : 5 |
| by KO | : 0 |
| by decision | : 4 |
| by disq. (corner ret.) |
: 1 |
| Drawn | : 0 |
| No Contest | : 0 |
| Nickname | : The Greatest, The Champ |
| Wt. Division | : Heavyweight |
| Stance | : Orthodox |
| 1960 Rome Olympics | ||
| Gold | Light Heavyweight | def. Z. Pietrzykowski |
Post Career Honors :
World Boxing Hall of Fame inductee
International Boxing Hall of Fame, inducted in 1990
#1 on ESPN.com's Pound-for-Pound All-Time Greatest Boxers
#3 on ESPN's SportsCentury Greatest Athletes
#4 on AP's Top 100 Athletes of the 20th Century
#2 on ESPN.com's 50 Greatest Boxers of All-Time
#3 on Ring Magazine's 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years
BBC's Sports Personality of the Century
Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century
(Stats as of May 4, 2009)
Muhammad Ali is an American boxing legend, widely documented as one of the greatest heavyweight fighters of all time.
Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. He changed his name to Muhammad Ali on February 26, 1964, after converting to Islam. In 1975 he converted to Sunni Islam and then to Sufism.
Ali was voted the 2nd greatest fighter in history by ESPN.com, behind only the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson. In another poll by ESPN in 2007, Ali was again 2nd on the greatest heavyweights list of all time, this time behind Joe Louis. In 1999, Ali was given the title "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and the BBC.
There is no consensus among boxing experts and historians as to who is the supreme fighter of all time. However, the public consensus is clear. The fact that Ali's career shone in an era called the Golden Age of Heavyweight Boxing, an era populated by legendary fighters like Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Floyd Patterson, and Ken Norton - leaves little doubt as to the greatest boxer of all time.
