Muhammed Ali Clay

Muhammed Ali Clay is an American former professional boxer. Originally known as Cassius Clay. Ali changed his name because he joined the Nation of Islam in 1964 and changing to Sunni in 1975. He got publicly vilified due to refusal to be conscripted into the U.S. military. He became three times heavyweight champion in row. In his career, Ali faced many tough opponents like Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Sonny Liston. Ali was using a strange fighting style, which he described as “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee”. Ali was an amazing guy who was a role model for any sportsman, due to that he earned some titles like: the most famous athlete in the world, Sportsman of the Century and Sports Personality of the Century. Ali, who is now 71 years old, has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s syndrome in 1984.