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- Muhammad Ali is the only
- boxer to win the heavy-
- weight championship
- three different times (1964,
- 1974, and 1978). A great
- showman as well as a great boxer, he
- became probably the best known athlete on
- the planet.
-
- Muhammad was born Cassius Marcellus
- Clay in Louisville, Kentucky. People called
- him the ΓÇ£Louisville Lip" because of his
- talkative, bragging style. But he backed up
- his boasts in the ring. He had a brilliant
- amateur career, highlighted by his winning
- the light-heavyweight gold medal at the
- 1960 Olympic Games.
-
- After turning professional, Muhammad