Muhammad Ali
"I am the greatest". Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, may be the most
well-known sports star of the 20th century. He is especially known for his fast feet, big
mouth and not least the many victories; including 37 on knockout.
During his 21-year career, he could boast with no less than 56 victories, and only
5 defeats, of which the 3 of them were during his last 4 matches.
Ali's many quotes
Muhammad Ali is known for his "great mouth" and many quotes. At a time when many boxers
let their managers talk, Ali was fond of the spotlight. He loved, and was known for that
trash talks, and often freestyled both rhymes and spoken word poetry into their chicks
comments to his opponents.
The many controversial and provocative statements that Muhammad Ali sent for his
opponents have been immortalized on this poster. For example: "I've seen George Foreman
shadow boxing, and the shadow won. ”, as he said before the famous fight” Rumble in
the Jungle, where he defeated George Foreman on a knockout.
To hover like a butterfly ..
The qualities of Muhammad Ali were many, but he was never known to be one special
hard-hitting boxes if you compare him with many of his opponents. To
in return, he was lightning fast and elegant in his style. This was especially incredible because he
boxed in the heavyweight class, where the boxes have never been known to be fast,
but Muhammad Ali was moving like a lightweight boxer.
Ali as an activist
Muhammad Ali not only used his talents to exhibit his opponents - he was
namely, a diligent advocate for the black rights and public opponent of the Korean War.
When he officially declared in 1964 that he was converted to Islam and a member of the Nation of
Islam, he changed name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali when he believed Cassius Clay
was a slave name given to him by the whites.
Furthermore, he refused to do military service as the US military invoked him
session during the Korean War. Muhammad Ali was a great opponent of both the war and that
American way of treating black and saying he "had no problem with
"Viet Cong." "He said elaborated that he "would not travel over 10,000 miles to throw
bombs and bullets on brown people in Vietnam, while so-called "negro-people" in Louisville
being treated as dogs and denied simple human rights. "
Among other things, it was statements like this that made him a model for both race
pride among African Americans and for opponents of the Korean War.
