Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. also known as Muhammad Ali is a famous and a very talented boxer. He was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. Cassius, named after his father, grew up in a good home. He had both parents and was the older of two brothers. His father painted billboard and signs for a living while his mother was a stay at home mom. He was first gained interest in boxing by Louisville police officer and boxing coach Joe E. Martin, who meet the 12-year-old over a thief taking his bicycle. He explained to the officer that he was going to "whup" the thief. The officer suggested that he learn how to box first. Chuck Bodak had trained Cassius for the last four years of his amateur career. He came out with amazing talent starting off. Cassius won six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two national Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title, and the Light Heavyweight gold medal. Cassius's amateur record was 100 wins with five losses. This was an outstanding record for someone that young. Cassius made his professional debut on October 29, 1960 by winning a six-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker. Cassius held a record of 19–0 with 15 wins by knockout. He defeated boxers including George Logan, Jim Robinson, Willi Besmanoff , Alonzo Johnson, Tony Esperti, Donnie Fleeman, Lamar Clark, Doug Jones and Henry Cooper. Cassius also beat his own trainer and veteran boxer Archie Moore. Unlike most boxers, Cassius had a big mouth in the ring. He talked a lot of trash and bragged about himself. This is when Cassius started to realize that he becoming big. Cassius was one of the top contenders for Sonny Liston’s heavyweight title. The fight was on February 25, 1964, in Miami. Liston had an intimidating personality,... ... middle of paper ... ...et destroyed. He was getting weaker and weaker every fight. In February 1978, Ali faced Leon Spinks in Las Vegas. He lost the title by unanimous decision. A rematch took place in New Orleans, which broke audience records. Ali won a unanimous decision, making him the first heavyweight champion to win the belt three times. On July 27, 1979, Ali had announced that he was retiring. One of the last fights Ali had fought was against Larry Homes which he had lost in 11th round which was the only fight Ali had lost by knockout. Ali’s last fight was against Trevor Berbick, which he lost in a ten-round decision. Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's syndrome in 1984. Ali currently lives in Jefferson County, Kentucky with his fourth wife. One of the greatest boxers known Mohammad Ali has inspired many kids to follow their dreams and be who they want to be no matter what it takes.
What they did not know was the self proclaimed greatest in the world was planning the one of the greatest changes in his life. Behind the scenes Cassius was studying Islam, he became good friends with Malcolm X and studied under Elijah Muhammad. Cassius took the name Muhammad Ali, saying he did not want to be called by a slave name any longer. He took Muhammed from the first prophet of Islam with the name meaning worthy of being praised, and the last name Ali which meaning is to be elevated. During a time where racial tensions were high people had a hard time accepting his new name. Often times the media would continue to call him Cassius, one didn't famed ABC sports reporter Howard Cosell, he respected Ali, because he too had changed his name from Cohen a Jewish name to Cosell, because in those time it was also a disadvantage to be Jewish. In 1965 Ai was scheduled to fight Floyd Patterson, who insisted on calling him Cassius, Patterson paid a big price for that, there is documentary footage which shows Ali giving Patterson the beating of a lifetime, making sure not to knock him out taking him through all 12 rounds repeating “now what’s my name
In Act 1 Scene 2, we see that Cassius is jealous of Caesar and detests
sc. II, 97-99). Cassius is also enraged because Caesar doesn't like him. Caesar suggests, "Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look; / He thinks too much. such men are dangerous" (Act I, sc. II, 194-195). Cassius thinks that Caesar's temper is dangerous. He declares, "Ye gods! It doth amaze me, / A man of such a feeble temper should / So get the start of the majestic world, / And bear the palm alone" (Act I, sc. II, 128-131). See also & nbsp; Casca also is jealous of Caesar.
history in the 1950's and 1960's by hitting the society. Ali was a great boxer who was very confident in his boxing game. Ali wanted to make a change in society by trying to get rid of the racial discrimination in America. Ali was also against the war in Vietnam. Ali said “Unless you have a very good reason to kill, war is wrong.” Ali sent messages of hope to the African American community by telling them to have pride. Ali said “Why should they ask me to put on a uniform and go 10,000 miles from home and drop bombs and bullets on brown people while so called Negro people in Louisville are treated like dogs?” Ali said “The Vietnamese had nothing against him” (Schwartz).When he was drafted to fight in the war, a lieutenant called Ali by his real name, Cassius Clay, and he said, “Sir that isn't my name, my name is “MUHAMMAD ALI!” Ali said, again “Sir that is a slave name my name is “MUHAMMAD ALI” (Muhammad Ali [HH:MM:SS]). After that, Ali refused to serve in the Vietnam War. This lead Ali to the Supreme Court, and he was five years in imprisonment. Ali was precluded from the athletic commissions for fighting in the United States for three and a half years. Even though Ali was released from his five year sentence, he still had a jail sentence of four years, which was overturned by the Supreme Court (Schwartz). Ali was also stripped of the heavyweight boxing title because he refused to serve in the draft Following his suspension, Ali reclaimed
The Louisville Home Show; Joe Martin, a policeman who taught young boys how to box,
Born on June 30, 1966 in Brooklyn, New York, Mike Tyson became the youngest heavyweight boxing champion in the world in 1986. Mike was twenty years old when he was given this honor. But his title was taken away in 1990. Later Tyson served three years in jail over rape charges. During a rematch in 1977 Tyson acted as an animal and bit Evander Holyfield's ear.
In the beginning of his career, he stood at 6' 3" and he had a highly irregular style for a heavyweight boxer btu that didn't mean he wasn't good. Rather than the normal boxing style of carrying the hands high to defend the face, he instead relied on his ability to avoid a punch. The person who first introduced him to boxing was the police officer who started it all. Joe E. Martin. Martin lead Clay to his first trainer, Fred Stoner, who trained with Cassius during his entire amateur career. With the aid of Stoner, Clay went on to win 6 Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, 2 national Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title, and the Light Heavyweight gold medal in the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
With his conversion to Islam he changed his name from the “slave name” Cassius Clay to the “free name” Muhammad Ali (Muhammad Ali - Cassius Clay). As Muhammad Ali, he grew less conceited and more devoted to benefitting society. He used his role as an active minister in the church of Islam to avoid the draft into the Vietnam War, claiming that it was against his religion (Muhammad Ali interview on not joining army). He has also acted as a primary beneficiary of the Nation of Islam, as he financed the building of Masjid al-Faati, a mosque in Chicago, and the educational resources for many students of Islam in America and on an international level (“Muhammad Ali - Cassius Clay”). The funds from Muhammad Ali were used to make America both a more peaceful and accepting society, while his fame in the nation was used to limit the prejudice faced by Muslims in
His one early loss was to Jake LaMotta, his career-long rival. They fought six times, and Robinson won five.
Martin started Ali working out in Louisville’s Columbia Gym, and Ali became passionately devoted to the sport. With the help of a black trainer named Fred Stoner, who taught Ali the techniques of boxing and to move with the grace of a dancer, Ali became a very skilled and deadly competitor. Between 1955 and 1960, Ali had participated in 108 bouts, in which he won six Kentucky Golden Glove titles, two National Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships, two National Golden Glove crowns, and received the Gold Medal in the light heavyweight division in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy. Ali was only 18 years old when he won the Olympic Gold Medal by defeating Zbigniew Pietrzykowski, a tough fighter from Poland.
Boxer Muhammad Ali, was born as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., on January 17, 1942, he was the son of Marcellus Clay Sr. and Odessa Grady Clay. He lived in Louisville, Kentucky where he experienced discrimination and racial prejudice towards himself and his family, which led him to his fascination towards boxing. Later in his life, he would win the Olympic gold medal for boxing in 1960 and became the world heavyweight boxing champion in 1964, and was the first fighter to recapture heavyweight champion three times. But Clay was not only a boxer, he was also a philanthropist and social activist with astonishing effrontery, he spoke out against problems such as race, religion, and politics that cause him to become such a controversial figure.
Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. later known as Muhammad Ali, was a black boxer, and was proud of it. Many African Americans were ashamed of their color, but Ali was different. He was the first boxer to win the Heavyweight Championship 3 different times. He had a great personality and was liked by the people. During his life, he made big decisions that changed the course of his life completely. Muhammad Ali's journey through life was a great inspiration for African American people, but Ali himself deserves the admiration of everyone.
His bold public persona described or showed what was happening in Clay's personal life. However, Clay did some soul searching and he decided to join the Nation of Islam, in 1964. The Nation of Islam was a black Muslim group. Clay went with the name Cassius X, but he later changed his name again to Muhammad Ali. Two years later, he picked a fight that did
Cassius also directly compares himself to Caesar. Cassius clearly considers Caesar to be no better than he is, and therefore he is jealous. Later in this conversation, Cassius again speaks of Caesar. Cassius says, “And why should Caesar be a tyrant then? / Poor man, I know that he would be not a wolf / But that he sees the Romans are but sheep; / He were no lion, were not the Roman hinds” (I.iii.103-106). Cassius uses four metaphors in this speech. He compares the Romans to sheep and female deer, and he compares Caesar to a wolf and a lion. Caesar only has power because the people allow him to. If people fought back and weren’t such sheep, he would not be the wolf. If people weren’t as easily dominated as female deer, he would be no lion. Cassius is crediting Caesar’s strength to the weakness of the people. Cassius clearly doesn’t believe Caesar deserves the power he has and is jealous of Caesar’s power. On multiple occasions during the Feast of Lupercal and on the night of the storm, Cassius’ jealousy is
In spite of a trying personal life, Mike continued his dominance in the ring. He reigned as the heavyweight champion for three years, with ten title defenses. Then, on February 10, 1990, Mike met lightly regarded James “Buster” Douglas, in Tokyo, Japan. Oddsmakers had refused to make odds on the fight because few people expected Douglas to last past the first round. Douglas, however, shocked the sports world with one of the most stunning upsets in boxing history.