Boxing career of Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali
Ali in 1976
Born
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.

(1942-01-17)January 17, 1942
DiedJune 3, 2016(2016-06-03) (aged 74)
Other names
  • The Greatest
  • The Louisville Lip
  • The People's Champion
Statistics
Weight(s)Heavyweight
Height6 ft 3 in (191 cm)[1]
Reach78 in (198 cm)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record[2]
Total fights61
Wins56
Wins by KO37
Losses5
Medal record
Men's amateur boxing
Olympic Games
Representing the  United States
Gold medal – first place 1960 Rome Light-heavyweight
Intercity Golden Gloves
Gold medal – first place 1959 Chicago Light-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1960 New York Heavyweight
Chicago Golden Gloves
Gold medal – first place 1959 Chicago Light-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1960 Chicago Light-heavyweight
US National Championships
Gold medal – first place 1959 Toledo Light-heavyweight
Gold medal – first place 1960 Toledo Light-heavyweight
Websitemuhammadali.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]

  1. ^ a b Boxing record for Boxing career of Muhammad Ali from BoxRec (registration required) . Retrieved June 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "Boxing record for Muhammad Ali". BoxRec.
  3. ^ Donelson, Tom (July 14, 2008). "Was Ali the Greatest Heavyweight?". Boxinginsider.com. Archived from the original on November 9, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2016.
  4. ^ "AP Fighters of the Century list". Archived from the original on August 2, 2018. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  5. ^ "Sugar Ray Robinson wins split decision from Ali". ESPN. September 6, 1999. Archived from the original on January 7, 2008. Retrieved April 26, 2009.
  6. ^ "ESPN Classic Ringside: Top 10 Heavyweights". Amazon. September 25, 2007. Archived from the original on February 25, 2023. Retrieved January 29, 2012.
  7. ^ "Boxing Hall of Fame names first inductees – UPI Archives". UPI. Archived from the original on January 31, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2021.