Muhammad Ali is one of the greatest boxer of all time in my perspective. Ali was born January 17,1942 in Louisville Kentucky. At the age of 12, he discovered his talent for boxing when a kid stole his bike. So he went to the police officer which was Joe Martin and said " I want to beat up the guy who stole my bike'' And Joe Martin replied ''Well, you better learn how to fight before you start challenging people," So that was the point when Ali pursue boxing and the funny part was the police officer was his trainer. Joe Martin (Police Officer) trained Ali how to box and soon began his boxing career. In 1960 Ali won a spot on the U.S Olympic boxing team. After he defeated Zbigniew Pietrzkowski from Poland; Ali than won a gold medal which was the best experience of his life. After his Olympic victory, Ali heralded as an American hero.
As years past by, Ali was doing some religious searching and decided to join the black Muslim group which was lead by Elijia Muhammad and was called ''the Nation of Islam''. In 1964. At first, he called himself "Cassius X," but eventually he changed to Muhammad Ali. Hear is a small Documentary video about him http://www.biography.com/people/muhammad-ali-9181165
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR2kPDpDu8M<< Here are Ali boxing highlights back in the days.
That's funny that he started boxing to beat the person who stole his bike.
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Wow, the police taught him how to become a good boxer. Is funny that he started to do boxing just because to beat up the person who stole his bike.
ReplyDeleteI agree that Muhammad Ali's start in boxing is a story I hadn't heard. Thanks for linking to the biography!
ReplyDeleteMuhammad Ali inspired many and many African American.
ReplyDeleteIt's really fascinated that Muhammad Ali started boxing because of his bike. I never knew about Muhammad Ali, your blog really inform me!
ReplyDeleteWoww.. That's very funny how the police taught him to fight and stand up for himself, but I also enjoyed reading your blog it provides alot of good interesting bio. Nice job!
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