Summary

BOXING GREAT MUHAMMAD ALI REACHED THE HALF CENTURY MARK ON FRIDAYTHE LEGEND WHO STARTED HIS BOXING CAREER AS CASIUS CLAY MAKES VERY FEW PUBLIC APPEARANCES THESE DAYS, BUT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY MOST OF US NOT JUST FOR HIS BOXING SKILLS, BUT AS A FIREY SPEAKER ALWAYS WILLING TO VOICE HIS OPINION ALI WON HIS FIRST PRO-FIGHT ON FEB 25, 1964 IN MIAMI, FLORIDA HE DEFEATED SONNY LISTON FOR HIS FIRST HEAVY WEIGHT TITLE ALTOGETHER ALI RACKED UP THREE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP'S, AN OLYMPIC MEDAL, AND SEVERAL GOLDEN GLOVE AWARDS OUTSIDE OF THE RING, ALI SUMMARIZED THE TURBULENT SIXTIES HE WAS OUTSPOKEN ON AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO GIVE TRIBUTE TO HIS RELIGION AND POLITICS AND HE WAS A ROLE MODEL FOR AMERICA'S YOUNG BLACK ATHLETES PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND THE MANY YEARS OF PUNCHES HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON THE FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HE APPEARS TO BE 70 INSTEAD OF FIFTY, BUT HIS LEGACY WILL NEVER FADE

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 99436
Story Slug MUHAMMAD ALI TURNS 50
Location LOUISVILLE, KY
Format PKG
Date 01/17/1992
Archive Time 44:41
TRT 2:20
Supers RACHMAN ALI, BROTHER JOE MARTIN, SR, ALI'S FIRST COACH JIMMY ELLIS, FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP RICK REDMAN, REPORTING
Video Description ALI'S CHILDHOOD HOME, SOTS W/FRIENDS, BROTHER, AND FIRST COACH, FIRST FIGHT, CHILDHOOD PICTURES, FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP
Description BOXING GREAT MUHAMMAD ALI REACHED THE HALF CENTURY MARK ON FRIDAYTHE LEGEND WHO STARTED HIS BOXING CAREER AS CASIUS CLAY MAKES VERY FEW PUBLIC APPEARANCES THESE DAYS, BUT HE WILL BE REMEMBERED BY MOST OF US NOT JUST FOR HIS BOXING SKILLS, BUT AS A FIREY SPEAKER ALWAYS WILLING TO VOICE HIS OPINION ALI WON HIS FIRST PRO-FIGHT ON FEB 25, 1964 IN MIAMI, FLORIDA HE DEFEATED SONNY LISTON FOR HIS FIRST HEAVY WEIGHT TITLE ALTOGETHER ALI RACKED UP THREE HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP'S, AN OLYMPIC MEDAL, AND SEVERAL GOLDEN GLOVE AWARDS OUTSIDE OF THE RING, ALI SUMMARIZED THE TURBULENT SIXTIES HE WAS OUTSPOKEN ON AMERICA'S INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM HE CHANGED HIS NAME TO GIVE TRIBUTE TO HIS RELIGION AND POLITICS AND HE WAS A ROLE MODEL FOR AMERICA'S YOUNG BLACK ATHLETES PARKINSON'S DISEASE AND THE MANY YEARS OF PUNCHES HAVE TAKEN THEIR TOLL ON THE FORMER HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION HE APPEARS TO BE 70 INSTEAD OF FIFTY, BUT HIS LEGACY WILL NEVER FADE
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