Description
Muhammad Ali
Birth name: Cassius Marcellus Clay
Alias: The Greatest
Record: 56-5-0
37 KOs 1 KOs
Division: Heavy
Bouts: 61
Career: 1960-1981
Debut: 1960-10-29
Nationality: USA
Residence: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Birth place: Louisville, Kentucky, USA
Born: 1942-01-17
Died: 2016-06-03 (Age: 74)
When Ali was 12-years-old, he and a friend went to the Columbia Auditorium to partake in the free hot dogs and popcorn available for visitors of the Louisville Home Show. When the boys were done eating, they went back to get their bicycles only to discover that Ali’s had been stolen. Furious, Ali went to the basement of the Columbia Auditorium to report the crime to police officer Joe Elsby Martin, who was also a boxing coach at the Columbia Gym. When Ali said he wanted to beat up the person who stole his bike, Martin told him he should probably learn to fight first. A few days later, Ali began training at Martin’s gym.
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