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| Born | Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. January 17, 1942 Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | June 3, 2016 (aged 74) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Weight(s) | Heavyweight | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Reach | 78 in (198 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stance | Orthodox | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Total fights | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wins by KO | 37 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Losses | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Website | muhammadali.com | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Muhammad Ali was a boxer who mastered the rope-a-dope fighting technique. He is widely regarded by many boxing commentators and historians as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Boxing magazine The Ring named him number one in a 1998 ranking of greatest heavyweights from all eras.[3] In 1999, The Associated Press voted Ali the number one heavyweight of the 20th century.[4]
In 1999, Ali was named the second greatest boxer in the history of combat sports, pound for pound by ESPN. He was only behind the welterweight and middleweight legend Sugar Ray Robinson.[5] In December 2007, ESPN placed Ali second in its choice of the greatest heavyweights of all time, behind Joe Louis.[6] He was inducted in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990.[7]
- ^ a b Boxing record for Boxing career of Muhammad Ali from BoxRec (registration required) . Retrieved June 5, 2016.
- ^ "Boxing record for Muhammad Ali". BoxRec.
- ^ Donelson, Tom (July 14, 2008). "Was Ali the Greatest Heavyweight?". Boxinginsider.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
- ^ "AP Fighters of the Century list". Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ "Sugar Ray Robinson wins split decision from Ali". ESPN. September 6, 1999. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
- ^ "ESPN Classic Ringside: Top 10 Heavyweights". Amazon. September 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
- ^ "Boxing Hall of Fame names first inductees – UPI Archives". UPI. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2021.