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    boxing is known worldwide; a sport where men and women duke it out with their opponents to prove who is the toughest. Though-out the decades there have been many fighters and many fights, but few known quite as well as Cassius Clay, also known as Muhammad Ali. The fighter that referred to himself as, “the greatest” (biography.com) and a man that could, “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” (about.com). From the beginning of his career, which was started after a police officer told him he might

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    Greatest Boxer Ever Muhammad Ali won a olympic gold medal when he was 18. He was 12 when he picked up his first boxing gloves. Using his courageousness and devotion, and despite being black and muslim, Muhammad Ali changed the world forever by fighting for equality. Ali faced a lot of discrimination while pursuing his career. He can’t do certain thing just because he is black.Jon Shuppe points out ”He couldn’t buy soda because he was black”(Jon Shuppe 10). He couldn’t buy certain thing in certain

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    Abstract: Muhammad Ali faced many hardships through his life and through his career. His personality, traits, and mindset shaped him to be one of the most influential athletes in history. Ali shows basic characteristics of a leader and through his continued adversities shows and promotes many theories that changed and influenced many of his followers. Through his ability to apply his big five traits and transformational leadership style he became a legendary icon. Background: Muhammad Ali was a former

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    Known as Muhammad Ali he was born by the name of Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. Muhammad Ali is known for his boxing career, but also Ali was a person who believed that war and violence was unjustifiable. As a fighter he took on some of the great names of boxing. To many, he is widely regarded as one of the most significant and celebrated sports figures of the 20th century. He was known as a very inspiring and controversial figure both inside and outside the ring. He was an Olympic and professional boxer

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    performance of athletes (APA, 2016). Muhammad Ali took the boxing world by storm with an unforgettable yet controversial personality. He remains the only three-time lineal world heavyweight champion and with only 5 losses in his whole career. Ali’s attitude towards boxing has always been one of determination and enthusiasm about the sport. His stubborn nature and strong mindedness help him hold his ground in both the ring and against the government. Muhammad Ali uses a range of sports psychology elements

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    Muhammad Ali was a professional boxer, also considered one of the vast heavyweights in sport’s history and an Olympic gold medalist. He was the first fighter to win three heavyweight titles. Unlike any other boxers, he was raised in a supportive African American, specifically in a middle class family. He won fifty-six out of the sixty-one fights he fought in! Muhammad wasn’t one of the smartest kids in his class, but was one of the most popular kids in his school because of his dedication to boxing

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    Born Cassius Marcellus Clay in Louisville, Kentucky in 1942, Muhammad Ali was a professional boxer in the 1960’s, 70’s and 80’s. Ali was first directed towards boxing by a Louisville police officer who found the 12-year-old fuming over a thief having stolen his bike. Ali told the officer he was going to beat up the thief. The officer told Ali that he should learn how to box first. After giving it some thought, Ali took up boxing. He made his amateur boxing debut in 1954 against Ronnie O'Keefe and

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    Icons of their generation Mike “Iron Man” Tyson and Cassius “Muhammad Ali” Clay Boxing is a tedious, strategic sport that involves two willed, strong minded individuals struggling To overcome each other in a square, 16-20 feet ring. Two of the most Prolific and memorable fighters of our time are, Mike “Iron Man” Tyson and Cassius “Muhammad Ali” Clay. Although they never had an opportunity to fight each other in the ring, many fans have speculated various opinionated lengths of outcomes and possible

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    heavyweight champion Cassius Clay who would later change his name to Muhammad Ali. In the midst of controversy and anger because of the Vietnam War, boxing was an escape from reality that many people desperately needed. Neil Leifer is credited with taking the photograph which is now remembered as The Greatest Photo of Muhammad Ali Ever Taken, and The Best Sports Photograph of the Twentieth Century. The photograph shows Muhammad Ali expressing his emotions and portrays the audience’s expressions, but

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    has got paid was Muhammad Ali the boxer. Ali didn't agree with the Vietnam war so he said no to the draft and did not fight in the war. But Ali did get in trouble for it. The boxer had to go to court for an induction. “Ali refused three times to step forward at the call of his name. An officer warned him he was committing a felony punishable by five years in prison and a fine of $100,000. Once more Ali refused to budge when his name was called” (He is simply…the greatest 2). How Ali was viewed as a

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