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Cassius Marcellus Clay (Mohamed Ali)

Cassius Marcellus Clay is a very famous boxer in the world; he was born on January 17, 1942.He was known as a cultural icon. He changed his name to Mohamed Ali once he joined the nation of Islam in 1964 and became specifically a Sunni in 1975. Ali has won three times the heavyweight championship. He was publicly vilified due to his refusal to be conscripted into the U.S military because of his religious beliefs. George Foreman and Sonny Liston were some of his opponents. Ali used to describe his movement with a colorful language which is “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee “, that’s why his fighting style was described  as unorthodox including some new techniques like Ali Shuffle and the rope-a-dope.  He was awarded with so many titles; some of them were Sportsman and Sports Personality of the Century. Ali now is almost 75 years old, he has a daughter who joined the field of boxing like her father. It was known that he never turned down any autograph; also he used to race the school bus. Finally a stolen bicycle started the career of boxing for this brilliant and famous boxer.