It has been 8 years since the King of Boxing, the American star boxer Muhammad Ali, who chewed the noses of big boxers, left his fans.
Muhammad Ali was born on January 17, 1942 in a Christian family in the American city of Louisville and was named Cassius Clay. He converted to Islam in 1970.
Muhammad Ali, the uncrowned king of the boxing world, won his first bout in his hometown of Louisville on October 29, 1960, and won the gold medal at the Rome Olympics in the 1960s.
Muhammad Ali gained immense fame by defeating the most dangerous boxer in the world, Sonny Liston, in 1964. In 1974, he defeated George Foreman to win the world boxing title at the age of 32. Muhammad Ali’s boxing career spanned 20 years, during which he won 56 bouts and knocked out 37 boxers, the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali was also awarded the title of King of Boxing by the World Boxing Council. His nickname was ‘The Greatest’.
On June 3, 2016, this great boxer died at the age of 74, but his memory is still alive in the hearts of his fans.
