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Muhammad Ali Research Paper

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Terrill Sieker
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“I hated every minute of training, but I said, “Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.” Said the famous Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was known all over the world. Muhammad Ali did many amazing throughout his life as a young athlete and though his later life and death. To Begin, Muhammad Ali’s early life was quite interesting. For example, Cassius Clay; which was Muhammad Ali’s birth name, shown his talent, though a strange turn of events (1). In Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Clay’s bike was stolen and he wanted to “whup” whoever took the bike, he told Police Officer Joe E. Martin who ran a nearby gym. After that, Muhammad started to train there and developed the skill to show that he was not scared of any bout(1). Muhammad Ali later became outstanding amateur fighter which lead him to become one of the greatest boxers in the world. …show more content…

One example of this is, Muhammad won a spot on U.S. Olympic boxing team(1). In the Rome Olympics, he fought Zbigniew Pietrzykowski and beat him to win the gold. Next, Muhammad made his professional debut on Oct. 29, 1960(3). His first fight in 1960, Muhammad at the age of 18 fought Tunney Hunsaker and beat him in the sixth-round. First of all, still over all his wins and lost, he still had the fight of a lifetime against George Foreman, “ The Rumble In The Jungle(2).” Muhammad beat Foreman in the eighth round by taking many punches and tiring him out, Muhammad did this by holding himself up on the ropes of the ring, calling it the, “Rope-a-Dope.” After, having a great career, Muhammad Ali was drafted into the military in the Vietnam, but refused to go into battle because of if his religion(1). Muhammad was arrested for refusing to join the military for religious

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