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MUHAMMAD ALI | Infotainment Video | Series: The Greats | 5 Minute Biography |  Video description: This video is part of the TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT series that highlights the greatest people in history from all walks of life. Each 5-minute short biography covers all aspects of the featured person’s life, including rare videos of them. In this video, we feature Muhammad Ali. Discover the remarkable journey of this influential figure and their lasting impact on the world. Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970. He was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978 and the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC.  About TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: Welcome to Trendest Infotainment, your ultimate destination for a diverse range of content that educates, entertains, and inspires! From in-depth celebrity biographies and fascinating history videos to the latest in science and technology, we bring you an expansive collection of infotainment videos. Explore the stories of legendary sports personalities, dive into the history of the World Wars, marvel at wildlife documentaries, and enjoy our informative and funny shorts. There’s something for everyone on Trendest Infotainment!  Subscribe now: www.youtube.com/@UCvtG20NOq0X7l7ru-z1yBhw   #Infotainment #Documentaries #HistoryVideos #ScienceAndTech #CelebrityBiographies   Follow Trendest Media:  • YouTube:  1) TRENDEST MOVIES: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_MOVIES_ENGLISH  2) TRENDEST KIDS: www.youtube.com/@TRENDEST_KIDS  • Instagram:  TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.instagram.com/trendestinfotainment/  • Facebook: TRENDEST INFOTAINMENT: https://www.facebook.com/TrendestInfotainment/  COPYRIGHT:  We hold the proper licenses for all videos published on YouTube. For any questions, please contact: mail@trendest.in  AYA Media Private Limited & TRENDEST Media Private Limited are companies registered under the laws of India and located in the state of Kerala, India.

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00:29I am the greatest.

00:32By his account, he floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee.

00:37According to Sports Illustrated and the BBC, he was the sportsman of the 20th century.

00:43That honour would have come as no surprise to the three-time world heavyweight champion

00:47who always said he was the greatest.

00:50Ahead of his 1963 fight against Britain's Henry Cooper,

00:53still boxing under his real name Cassius Clay,

00:56he let fly with his cocky prediction of an easy victory.

01:13His arrogance proved justified.

01:16By the end of the year, he'd amassed a record of 19 straight wins with 15 knockouts,

01:21earning him a crack at Sonny Liston for the world title.

01:27In the lead-up to the clash in Miami in February 1964,

01:30Liston endured his own fair share of Clay's trademark taunts.

01:35Fifteen times I have told the clown what round he's going down,

01:38and this chump ain't no different.

01:40He'll fall in eight to prove that I'm great,

01:42and if he keeps talking that, I'm gonna cut his ass.

01:45The fight came under threat of cancellation due to rumours of the young contender's links

01:49with Malcolm X and the Nation of Islam,

01:51which at that time was viewed as a hate group.

01:55According to Ali's 1975 autobiography,

01:58promoter Bill Favisham persuaded him to delay his intended conversion to Islam

02:02until after the fight, so as not to put off the crowds.

02:07Despite his underdog status,

02:09Clay's famous speed and agility kept him out of trouble in the early rounds,

02:13and by round three, he was ahead on points,

02:16while Liston had a cut to his eye.

02:20Liston failed to answer the bell at the start of round seven,

02:23and Cassius Clay had delivered on his promise to shake the world.

02:27Now world champion, he revealed he was a member of the Nation of Islam

02:31and declared his support of separatism,

02:33renaming himself Muhammad Ali.

02:37He successfully defended his title nine times

02:40before his boxing licence was suspended in 1967

02:43for refusing to sign up to fight in the Vietnam War.

02:47He made a comeback in the 1970s

02:49and suffered his first ever professional defeat

02:51at the hands of Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden in 1971.

02:55Frazier knocked Ali down in the 15th with a left hook

02:58and retained his title with a unanimous decision.

03:01Nine years later,

03:03despite doctors finding a hole in the membrane of his brain,

03:06Ali went ahead with a WBC world title fight against Larry Holmes.

03:11He lost the fight and retired the following year.

03:14Not long after, he was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease,

03:18which brought about tremors and the decline of his motor function.

03:22Debate as to whether the condition had been brought on by boxing raged,

03:25but Ali insisted he had no regrets about his choice of career path.

03:30Now on his fourth marriage, he's fathered two sons and seven daughters,

03:34one of whom, Laila, has followed him into the ring,

03:37despite his famous objections to female boxing.

03:40Muhammad has never been one to do anything halfway,

03:43and he has never settled for doing something second best

03:46than anything that he has done in the ring,

03:48in his work on the humanitarian causes, or in his personal life.

03:54On a trip to Afghanistan on behalf of the United Nations Children's Fund,

03:58his legal advisor confirmed that he is still very much on the ball.

04:03He's very sharp and he's still fit

04:07and able to do all of the things that he was able to do before,

04:10just a little bit slower.

04:12In 2005, he was the guest of honor at the opening of a $60 million monument

04:17to his success in Louisville, Kentucky, where he was born in 1942.

04:25As well as showing off his boxing memorabilia,

04:28the Muhammad Ali Center is an official showcase

04:31for his humanitarian ideals of peace and understanding.

04:34I just like the fact that people for years to come

04:37will be able to see what my dad was about,

04:39not only as a fighter, but as a person,

04:41and hopefully inspire other people to be better.

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