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 Muhammad Ali One of the greatest boxers ever to live was born on January 17, 1942 Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. in Louisville, Kentucky. Cassius Marcellus started to box at the age of twelve when a kid at school stole his bike. He went to a local boxing gym where a cop was to report that his bike was stolen. After telling the cop he was going to “whoop” him the cop told him you have to learn how to box. At the age of 13 Cassius competed in his first match. After winning his first match he just kept going on and on and that’s where he is at now. Cassius had a total of 108 amateur fights and went on to professional boxing.  After switching religions to Muslim Cassius Marcellus Jr. changed his name to Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali went through a religious stage where he really intense on religion. Muhammad Ali ran into a tussle when he has drafted for the Vietnam War. He was polite until it came to the code of honor. He refused and was thrown into jail. Muhammad was also stripped all of his belts for this situation.

“Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” This is one of Muhammad Ali’s quotes and was very famous for this because he was known for his rope a dope strategy which worked quite well. The rope a dope strategy is when he just puts his hands up and took a bunch of punches. After the person got tired from throwing all those punched Muhammad Ali would come out and just throwing a bunch of combos. That is why this saying is so significant.

Muhammad Ali didn’t just get really good just naturally he worked very hard. Muhammad Ali had quite the amateur record. He had won 100 and loss 5 fights as an amateur. Muhammad Ali had the golden gloves for Kentucky six times. Muhammad Ali was the three time world light heavy weight champion. He was also considered one of the best boxers to ever live. In professional boxing he had 56 wins and 5 losses. With 36 knockouts and 19 decisions this is what made Muhammad Ali so amazing. Muhammad Ali once said” I hated every minute of training, but I said, "Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”    Muhammad Ali has a big family. Currently rite now he has 7 kids they are all in college. Muhammad Ali’s first wife was named Sonji Roi. After that wife he had Belinda Boyd who was married when Muhammad changed his name and so did she to Khalilah Ali. His third wife was Veronica Porsche who he cheated on with Khalilah Ali. Lastly, his last wife is Yolanda who he is currently with rite now. Muhammad Ali has been busy over he is life time.  After Muhammad Ali was stripped his belt from going into the Vietnam War after a draft he went after Joe Frazier to take back his belt. Well know as the "Thrilla in Manila" Joe Frazier against Muhammad Ali will live on to be one of the best fights ever. Held in Quetzon city, Philippines two of the greatest boxers ever to live battled off. After a 14 round battle Muhammad Ali won with A TKO, but both boxers walked out as champions as the crowd went crazy. The fight was stopped by Joe Frazier’s trainer after determining that he would have to stop the fight. This wasn’t the only brawl these two light heavyweights had. They had another fight that lasted 12 rounds. Another main fight that Muhammad Ali fought was well known as “Rumble in Jumble.” This was a boxing match that Muhammad Ali won against George Foreman.

Muhammad Ali wasn’t the type of guy that would walk in to a boxing gym and brag who he was. He would go into the gym and do his thing everyone would be blown away by the speed of his hands at the speed bag and the strength of his arms at the heavy bag. Even when he was small he could run fast and he was awfully strong. The point I’m trying to get across he was a gentleman and never bragged.

Muhammad Ali had a strong will and didn’t like people who made him do things he didn’t want to do. For example, he was stripped his belts and couldn’t box for 4 years after refusing to go into the Vietnam War.

I choose to pick Muhammad Ali as my person for the biography because not only he was on of the best boxers to live, but he was a gentleman. Most people know him as the Olympic gold medalist boxer, but he was a father and a very generous man. He opened up his own website to give information about his disease and to be able to donate to him. After all the years of Muhammad Ali boxing it finally came back to him he suffers from a bad disease called Parkinson’s. Parkinson’s is a disease that is degenerative disorder of the central nervous system that causes motor skills, speech problems and other functions. It also effects communication problems, swallowing and weight loss. For any other information go to [|www.maprc.com] (which is Muhammad Ali’s website). Unkown .. "Muhammad Ali Biography." //Biography.com//. A&E Television Networks. Web. 12 Oct. 2009. .

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