Here is a look at the life of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, three-time world heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist. Personal Birth date: January 17, 1942 Death date: June 3, 2016 Birth place: ...
Young Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, knocked out opponent Sonny Liston for his first world title in boxing on this day in history, Feb. 25, 1964. Twenty-two-year-old Clay achieved the ...
Before WrestleMania 40 this weekend, we have one more Friday Night SmackDown to enjoy. Immediately following the event at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia will be the 2024 WWE Hall of Fame ...
Visit of Muhammad Ali to the Smithsonian’s National Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, March 17, 1976. During his visit he donated a pair of gloves and a ...
Such was Muhammad Ali’s position in our culture on March 31, 1973 that when Ken Norton broke Ali’s jaw in the first round in San Diego and went on to capture a split decision, the New York Times made ...
In 1967, Ali was convicted of draft evasion, stripped of his title, suspended from boxing, sentenced to five years in prison and fined. Muhammad Ali's boxing career was put on pause when he refused to ...
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and world champion boxer Muhammad Ali met just a handful of times and only once publicly in Louisville, following a meeting in a hotel room. It was ...