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- the heavyweight champion
- of the world.
-
- Muhammad kept the title
- for three more years before
- losing a decision to Leon Spinks, on
- February 15, 1978. But seven months later,
- in the rematch, Muhammad won back his
- title. In all, Muhammad had 19 successful
- title defenses. When he retired, in 1981, his
- career record was 56-5, with 37 knockouts.
-
- In September 1984, when Muhammad was
- 42, doctors told him he had an illness
- known as ParkinsonΓÇÖs syndrome. Because
- of the illness, MuhammadΓÇÖs hands shake,
- he walks unsteadily, and his speech is
- slurred.
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