Did you know that while Muhammad Ali was on his way to arguably becoming the best boxer of all time he was also protesting in many civil rights movements and fighting for his religious beliefs. Muhammad Ali was a man who became world champion for boxing and showed an astronomical amount of greatness and generosity along with humbleness and left a lot of impact on the world today with his philanthropy and views and protests with MLK.
Muhammad Ali was an amazing boxer and man who always spoke his mind and stood by what he said. “Ali won an Olympic gold medal in 1960 and later tossed it into a river because he was disgusted by racism in the United States. ” (Muhammad, Ali Contemporary) He stood by that all should be equal and didn't want to be rewarded and have that medal if he can't even eat with everyone else. “As a young man, he was recruited by Malcolm X to join the Nation of Islam. He refused to serve in Vietnam--a professional fighter willing to serve time in jail for his pacifist ideals. ” (Muhammad, Ali Contemporary)He stood by
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“In 1996 Ali was chosen to light the Olympic flame at the start of the Games of the XXVI Olympiad in Atlanta, Georgia. The outpouring of goodwill that accompanied his appearance confirmed his status as one of the most-beloved athletes in the world”(Muhammad, Ali new world encyclopedia) He was such an amazing athlete that he was chosen to light the olympic flame at the olympic games. “Ali was the subject of numerous books and film tributes over the years, including the 1997 documentary When We Were Kings, but none were more spectacular than the 2003 publication GOAT: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali, a giant (20-inches square, weighing 75 pounds, and costing $3,000) tribute to Ali's entire career; the title GOAT stands for "Greatest of All Time.”(Muhammad, Ali explora) Ali was such a good boxer and athlete that he was made a statue and named the Greatest Of All