Muhammad Ali's Achievements

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Muhammad Ali's Achievements

"I'm going to be the perfect champion-like the young Joe Louis. I'm

clean living; I haven't got a prison record. I think you got to be an

idol for young people" Ali 1963

It has been said that there are few opportunities in life to prove

yourself a man; Muhammad Ali took advantage of every one that came his

way, in doing so became loved by not only his countrymen, but also the

world, and became immortal in his own time. In this essay I will

discuss about if this boxing great really did cause a stir among the

people of the world, what factors helped him, his moral and religious

beliefs and did he really achieve what he set out to do in the quote

above.

It all started on an October afternoon in 1954 when Cassius Marcellus

Clay was 12. He left his $60 red Schwinn outside the Columbia

Auditorium to visit a bazaar. When he and his friends returned he

realized that his new bike had been stolen. Cassius was in a tearing

rage and someone told Clay that there was a police officer in the

basement of a boxing gym. He went in demanding a statewide bike hunt

and threatening to beat the hell out of whoever had stolen it. The

officer Joe Martin asked Cassius if he could fight, and Cassius said

no, so Martin invited him to come to the gym and learn how to box, so

when the time came he could get pay back on the bicycle thief.

As far as a boxing champ was concerned Muhammad Ali was undoubtedly

one of the best boxers of the twentieth century, his followers and

friends called him the "champ" which he knew he was throughout his

career, even when he had his title, belt and boxing licence unjustly

taken from him.

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because of what he did for black people, showed them the way forward

and not to be afraid of anything that may stop them, just like he had

in his court case and civil rights struggle. If Ali had not achievd

his quote by going to jail as he so nearly did, then he certainly

wouldn't have been an idol for young children, but his determanation,

pride and support from family, friends and followers helped him pull

through Ali was also a people's champ. Ali was certainly the greatest

boxer of the twentieth century who desevres to be remembered as the

champ, he was also a charming and courageous man, who despite illness

and rejection has earned the respect of millions of people around the

world.

Sources

Muhammad Ali's greatest fight by H Bingham and M Wallace

Boxing Greats By Steve Bunce

"Ali" the film.

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