Muhammad Ali: A Biography Muhammad Ali was and still is a staple and an icon not only to the sport of boxing but also to the black community, his marvelous story is empowering to both children and adults alike. He is most widely known for his adroit movement speed, he could dodge his opponent's attacks without breaking a sweat. He was also known for the legal change of his name from Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. To Muhammad Ali, due to him being a zealot. His story is one of trial and triumph, but even in the face of failure, his courage never swayed. Muhammad had a preponderance of influence widely during 1974-1978. Muhammad Ali was by far one of, if not the most influential and controversial boxers to ever surface from a boxing career. Muhamad Ali’s early life and upbringing as the now infamous boxer that he is today …show more content…
Ali and Joe later became friends. The Rumble In the Jungle took place in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kinshas, Zaire, when Muhammad Ali fought against George Foreman to reclaim his rightful heavyweight boxing title, Muhammad Ali gave this fight the name “The Rumble In The Jungle”. Both contenders in the fight had won gold medals representing the U.S. in the Olympics, Ali in the 1960’s Olympics and Foreman in the 1968 Olympics, more popular and favored as well as undefeated and younger than Ali, Forman was the obvious favorite, defying all odds, Ali triumphed winning the fight using the “Rope a dope” technique, where he dodged Formans punches and tyre him out. The second most famous fight that Ali had was “The Thrilla In Manila”. This fight was promoted by the same Cleveland born promoter who promoted the Rumble In the Jungle, Don King. This fight featured Muhammad Ali, who was facing off against Joe Frazer in the ring for the third and final
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
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.
Muhammad Ali had gotten a little too carried away with his lavish lifestyle, and his wealth dwindled. Ali returned to boxing in 1980 to fight Larry Holmes for the World Boxing council title. Ali lost the fight to Larry, but still went home with a guaranteed 8 million dollar purse ("Muhammad Ali." Encyclopedia of World Biography). Ali fought for the last time in the ring in 1981 against Trevor Burdick, but he lost again and ended his boxing career for good. Muhammad Ali had a very successful boxing career, and it still to this day the only boxer to win the “heavyweight champion of the world” title three times ("Muhammad Ali refuses Army induction - Apr 28, 1967 - HISTORY.com." ).
Muhammad Ali, known as the greatest boxer around, experienced social, physical, and mental challenges in his lifetime. He faced social challenges as an African American Muslim, he faced physical challenges because he was a heavyweight boxer that made the championships, and finally he faced mental challenges because he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease.
Muhammad Ali is recognized as one of the best boxers of all time. Muhammad Ali was the world heavyweight champion of the world 3 different times. Ali ended his career with 37 total knockouts, one of the most ever.
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
When prominent boxers of the 20th century are discussed, many heavyweight champions are mentioned. Names like Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston and Joe Frazier always find their way to the front of the conversation. But it is Muhammad Ali, a three-time heavyweight champion and political activist, who always seems to find the forefront of it all. Born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942, Ali came into the ring after his bike was stolen at the age of twelve. He brought up his anger to Officer Joe Elsby Martin Sr. who suggested he start boxing. Ali quickly became a star after winning a gold medal at the 1960 Olympics. At 6’3”, Ali demonstrated extraordinary speed and accuracy and he quickly became a contender for the heavyweight title.
Muhammad Ali “Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” was known to be the life motto for Muhammad Ali. Muhammad Ali was not only known for being a professional American boxer, but also an athlete, a social activist, and a philanthropist. In his lifetime, he was named the World’s Heavyweight Champion three times. Ali was debatably the greatest boxer who ever lived. Being the only black boxer at the time made him have a tough life.
Muhammad Ali was born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942. Despite his opinions on controversial themes such as war or religion, nobody can argue that Ali was the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. Who is Muhammad Ali? How did he influence the American Society? Muhammad Ali helped shape the American Society by encouraging people to believe in themselves, stand up for what they believe in, and by giving voice to people that did not have one.
Muhammad Ali was a man made to box. He had a great career before him since he made his first professional fight under President Eisenhower presidency. His Professional Career was really impressive. His had a great balance and was able to move his hands and feet in great speed and coordination. Ali was said to dance in the ring while destroying his opponents. Ali started fighting at a very short age, and his first teacher was Joe Martin (Hauser 18). Through hard work and discipline, he became a professional fighter and eventually the Heavyweight champion of the world. Although he lost the title twice, he regained it three times, putting him in the history books. His boxing career was put to an end when he started suffering from Parkinson's disease. This was the end of his boxing, but his greatness will never die.
He was fearless. He was powerful. His footwork was more beautiful than a ballet dancer. He is an Olympic Gold Medalist. He is the G.O.A.T of boxing. He is… Muhammad Ali. I will inform you about the biography of Muhammad Ali of how people saw him in real life, the Movie Ali how it portrayed Muhammad Ali based on his life through screen write, and the Vietnam War. Muhammad Ali is considered one of the greatest athletes in boxing history, but before there was the Greatest of All Time or the acronym G.O.A.T World Heavy Champion Muhammad Ali, he was just a little kid that went by the name Cassius Clay.
Cassius Clay Jr. or known to many people as ‘Muhammad Ali’ was born in Louisville, KY on January 17th , 1942 He was the first Heavyweight Boxer to win the Heavyweight title three times, his professional career lasted about twenty one years, in that time he won a total of fifty six fights. Most people do not know Cassius changed his name to ‘Muhammad Ali’ because of his religion, History.com staff.(2-4) Muhammad Ali’s early career before becoming a professional boxer, how he worked his way to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World, him converting his religion to Islam and his life after boxing.
At first, Muhammad Ali had no intension of boxing. After his bike was stolen, in the month of October 1954, when he was twelve, his whole life was set. Upon finding out that there was a police officer in the basement of a gym, Ali went down to the officer in a shocked state of mind demanding a "state wide bike hunt" for hsi stolen bicycle. But all the cop told him to do was to learn to fight. and that
Muhammad Ali, whose birth name was Cassius Marcellus Clay, was born in Louisville, Kentucky January 17, 1942. He was named for a white, Kentucky abolitionist, Cassius M. Clay, and received the name Marcellus from his father’s name. Ali’s father, Marcellus Clay was a mural painter who did a lot of work for many churches in the community and his mother Odessa (Grady) Clay was a domestic worker. As a young boy, Cassius Clay was full of energy and carried a loud mouth wherever he went. One day when Ali discovered that someone stole his bicycle, he became enraged and made loud threatening comments by exclaiming that he would “whup whoever stole it.” Upon hearing these threats, Louisville police officer Joe Martin persuaded Ali to take out his frustration in the boxing ring rather than on the dangerous streets of Louisville. At age 12, Ali’s boxing career had officially begun.
In operant conditioning stimuli are associated with a reinforcer or punishment. Generalization occurs when an individual responds to similar stimuli in the same way and discrimination occurs when they respond to some stimuli but not others. Stimulus discrimination training refers to the strategy in which an individual is taught to engage in certain behaviors in the presence of particular stimuli. This type of training can either be conducted using classical or instrumental conditioning procedures. In instrumental conditioning procedures the stimulus that signals the availability of the reinforcement is referred to as the S+, while the stimulus that signals the lack of reinforcement is called the S-. The S+ and S- are called discriminative stimuli once they have successfully gained control of the behavior of an individual. The S+ is the discriminative stimuli for performing an instrumental response while the S- is the discriminative stimuli for not performing such a response. Dr. Kenneth W. Spence produced a theory of discrimination learning, which aimed to gain a better understanding on what is