Muhammad Ali :: Cassius Clay

Muhammad AliAlso known as Cassius Marcellus Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., Cassius Clay(1942- )Professional pugilistPersonal InformationBorn Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. name changed to Muhammad Ali, 1963 born January, 17, 1942, in Louisville, KY son of Cassius (a piano player) and Odessa Clay (both deceased) first wife, Belinda second wife, Aaisha third wife, veronica Porche fourth (and current) wife, Yolanda Williams, married in 1986 children nine (one with Yolanda). Religion Muslim. Addresses Home--P.O. Box 187, Berrien Springs, MI 59103.CareerFormer world heavyweight boxing angiotensin-converting enzyme. Began professional career, 1960 ab initio became heavyweight champ, 1964 stripped of title and boxing license over refusal to come in in the Vietnam War, 1966 retired from boxing, 1981. Appeared in film The Greatest, 1976, and television film Freedom Road.Awards majestic Gold Medal in boxing, 1960 six Kentucky comfortable Gloves titles National Golden Gloves titles, 1959 -60 World Heavyweight Championship, 1964-67, 1974-78, 1978-79 U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame, inductee, 1983 named the greatest heavyweight champion of all time, Ring Magazine, 1987 International Boxing Hall of Fame, inductee, 1990 Jim Thorpe Pro Sports Award, life-time Achievement, 1992 Muhammad Ali Museum, Louisville Galleria, opened 1995 Essence Award, 1997.Writings     (With Richard Durham) The Greatest My Own Story, Random House, 1975. biographical InformationThree-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, known for his lyric charm and boasts as much as for his powerful fists, has moved utmost beyond the boxing ring in both influence and purpose. Ali won an Olympic gold medal and later tossed it into a river because he was revolt by racism in America. As a young musical composition he was recruited by Malcolm X to join the Nation of Islam. He refused to attend in Vietnam--a professional fighter willing to serve time in jail for his pacifist ideals . He has contributed to countless, diverse charities and causes. And his later years exhaust found him interested in world politics as he has battled to keep Parkinsons disease at bay.Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., on January 17, 1942, and was brocaded in a clapboard house at 3302 Grand highway in middle-class Louisville, Kentucky. He began boxing at the age of 12. A white Louisville patrolman named Joe Martin, who had an early television show called "Tomorrows Champions," started Ali working proscribed in Louisvilles Columbia Gym, but it was a black trainer named Fred stone who taught Ali the science of boxing. Stoner taught him to move with the grace of a dancer, and impressed upon him the sharp skills necessary to move beyond good and into the realm of great.