Muhammed Ali

 

Made By Isaac 

 

Today I will be talking about a boxer named Muhammed Ali and in his younger years known as Cassius M. Clay. L am excited to show him to you and I hope you are excited to listen to me. 

My first topic will be about him before a boxer. In Louisville Kentucky January 17, 1942, Cassius M. Clay was born. His mother raised him as Christian attending a Baptist Church. The young Cassius Clay was a poor student who struggled to read the printed word, probably because of dyslexia, according to his wife, Lonnie Ali. He discovered his talent of boxing by accident at the age of twelve when he told a police officer that his bike was stolen that is when he began fighting. 

My next topic will be about Muhammed Ali in the ring. The one and only Muhammed Ali experienced his first loss in the fight of the century against Joe Frazier. Muhammed Ali won 56 out of 61of his matches. He fought in the (Rumble of the Jungle) against George Foreman. On February 25, 1964, Cassius M. Clay/Muhammed Ali became the heavyweight boxing champion of the world. He was the first boxer to win the world heavyweight title 3 times. He won the Olympic gold medal in 1960. Other awards Muhammed Ali won were the BET humanitarian award there is another award called the sports illustrated sportsperson of the year and a really cool one is the Bambi millennium award 

The next extremely cool topic is Muhammed Ali doing cool stuff out of the ring.  those are some crazy stories about Muhammed Ali in the ring but he also did some crazy stuff out of the ring so that is my next topic 

Muhammed Ali out of the ring. Muhammed Ali refused to fight in the Vietnam war and was arrested. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease at the age of 42. In 1996 after boxing, he lit the summer Olympics torch to begin the Olympics. He helped negotiate the release of 15 hostages in Iraq. He starred in a Broadway musical. A cool fact about him is that he had Irish roots and I have some Irish roots, so I thought that was cool. I hope you thought Muhammed Ali was cool out of the ring. 

Thanks so much for listening I hope you enjoyed hearing about an awesome guy like Muhammed Ali the great Muhammed Ali died in 2016 in Pheonix Arizona Thanks again for listening to the presentation. 

 

Sources: 

Who was Muhammed Ali (book) 

History Hit 

History.com 

OregonLive.com