Boxing career of Muhammad Ali
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Muhammad Ali was a boxer who mastered the rope-a-dope fighting technique. He is widely regarded by many boxing commentators and historians as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Boxing magazine The Ring named him number one in a 1998 ranking of greatest heavyweights from all eras.[3] In 1999, The Associated Press voted Ali the number one heavyweight of the 20th century.[4]
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Born | Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942-01-17)January 17, 1942 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | June 3, 2016(2016-06-03) (aged 74) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | American | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Weight(s) | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Reach | 78 in (198 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Total fights | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wins by KO | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Losses | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Website | muhammadali.com |
In 1999, Ali was named the second greatest boxer in the history of combat sports, pound for pound by ESPN. He was only behind the welterweight and middleweight legend Sugar Ray Robinson.[5] In December 2007, ESPN placed Ali second in its choice of the greatest heavyweights of all time, behind Joe Louis.[6] He was inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990.[7]