Muhammad Ali started his boxing career when Clay beat Liston, Muhammad Ali was the youngest boxer age 22 ever to take the title from a reigning heavyweight champion in 1965. Ali became famous for his pre-match interviews where he would trash talk his rivals talking in rhymes explaining how he would win. According to www.biographyonline.net “Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942. He changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 1964 after joining Nation of Islam.” He only lost 5 times in his whole career. Ali states that he threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River after being refused service at a whites only restaurant, and fighting with a white gang.
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