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Muhammad Ali   1942-2016

Muhammad Ali

backs away from a punch thrown by Leon Spinks

during their rematch fight in New Orleans.

Photograph: Focus on Sport

via Getty Images

Leon Spinks, former world heavyweight champion

– a life in pictures

The boxer, who has died aged 67,

pulled off one of the greatest shocks in boxing history

by beating Muhammad Ali in February 1978

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Muhammad Ali grimaces

after Leon Spinks lands a left during their second fight

in 1978

Photograph: AP

Leon Spinks, former world heavyweight champion

– a life in pictures

The boxer, who has died aged 67,

pulled off one of the greatest shocks in boxing history

by beating Muhammad Ali in February 1978

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Heavyweight champion Leon Spinks

smiles at a remark by Muhammad Ali

at the close of a television interview

ahead of their rematch in New Orleans

in 1978

Photograph: Anonymous

AP

Leon Spinks, former world heavyweight champion – a life in pictures

The boxer, who has died aged 67,

pulled off one of the greatest shocks in boxing history

by beating Muhammad Ali in February 1978

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Luis Sarria, Muhammad Ali’s longtime cutman,

prepares the boxer’s face for a workout

in Deer Lake in 1978.

Photograph: C. Thomas Hardin

The Louisville Courier Journal

Louisville and Muhammad Ali:

A Rare Look at a Hometown Champ

A new book shows the unmatched trust and connection

photographers at the Louisville Courier Journal

had with their city’s most famous son: Muhammad Ali.

NYT

Nov. 15, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/
lens/muhammad-ali-louisville-photographs.html

With his fans, Detroit, Michigan    1977

‘Champ loved to stop the limo and mix it up ...

These brief, spirited encounters with everyday people

have made Muhammad Ali one of the most beloved,

extraordinary treasures of our lifetime’

Photograph: Michael Gaffney

The unseen Muhammad Ali:

prize fighter ... and family man – in pictures

The Guardian

Wednesday 9 March 2016    07.00 GMT

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/mar/09/
muhammad-ali-prize-fighter-father-and-family-man-in-pictures

Muhammad Ali after defeating Earnie Shavers

at Madison Square Garden in 1977.

Ali helped frame the ethos of a generation.

Photograph: Marty Lederhandler

Associated Press

Muhammad Ali: The Champion Who Never Sold Out

NYT

JUNE 6, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/
sports/muhammad-ali-the-champion-who-never-sold-out.html

Joe Frazier takes on Ali

during their heavyweight fight

at Madison Square Garden in 1971.

Photograph: New York Daily News Archive

Getty Images

From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali – a life in pictures

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1 - The Fight — as Ali’s bout with Joe Frazier on March 8, 1971,

at Madison Square Garden was billed — lived up to expectations.

Photograph: Larry Morris

The New York Times

Muhammad Ali, Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century, Dies at 74

By ROBERT LIPSYTE    NYT    JUNE 4, 2016

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/
sports/muhammad-ali-dies.html

2 - Ali steps away from a punch during the fight.

Frazier became the undisputed

heavyweight champion of the world

by winning a unanimous 15-round decision

in what was known as The Fight of the Century.

It was Ali’s first ever professional defeat.

Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali – a life in pictures

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While training for his fight against Jerry Quarry,

Muhammad Ali bounced a right hand off a sparring partner.

Miami. 1970.

Photograph: Gordon Parks

courtesy of The Gordon Parks Foundation

Two Champions: Muhammad Ali and Gordon Parks

By David Gonzalez

NYT

Jun. 7, 2016

http://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/
two-champions-muhammad-ali-and-gordon-parks/

Muhammad Ali with Black Panthers

in New York in 1970.

Photograph: David Fenton

Getty Images

One of His Biggest Fights Was Outside of the Ring

‘Trials of Muhammad Ali’ Traces Ali’s Battle Over Vietnam

The Trials of Muhammad Ali

NYT

AUG. 22, 2013

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/
movies/trials-of-muhammad-ali-traces-alis-battle-over-vietnam.html

aerial photograph of Ali seconds

after defeating Cleveland Williams in 1966.

It was shot with a remote camera rigged high

amid the ring lights.

Photograph: Neil Leifer

Sports illustrated / Getty images

‘We could feel the gravity of it. It was electrifying’:

50 photographs that reshaped sport

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The heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali

stood over Sonny Liston in the first round

of their title fight in Lewiston, Me., on May 25, 1965,

and was heard to say,

"Get up and fight, sucker!"

Photograph: John Rooney

Associated Press

The Night the Ali-Liston Fight Came to Lewiston

By HARVEY ARATON

NYT

May 19, 2015

https://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/
sports/the-night-the-ali-liston-fight-came-to-lewiston.html

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Muhammad Ali and Sonny Liston's

1965 world heavyweight fight.

Photograph: Neil Leifer

Sports illustrated / Getty images

‘We could feel the gravity of it. It was electrifying’:

50 photographs that reshaped sport

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Muhammad Ali talks to Belinda Boyd,

who would become his third wife.

Photograph: Thomas Hoepker

Magnum Photos

Muhammad Ali

– through the eyes of the photographers who know him best

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Lt. Col. J. Edwin McKee escorting Clay

from the armed forces examining station

in Houston on April 28, 1967,

after he refused to be drafted into the army,

requesting conscientious objector status.

Clay was stripped of his title by boxing commissions

and was convicted of draft evasion.

He did not fight for three and a half years.

Muhammad Ali, Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century, Dies at 74

NYT

JUNE 4, 2016

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/
sports/muhammad-ali-dies.html

After beating Liston,

Clay [ right ] celebrates with Malcolm X [ left ].

Rumours had already circulated

that Clay had joined the Nation of Islam religious movement,

and he finally declared them to be true

the day after beating Liston.

He changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

Photograph: Bob Gomel

The LIFE Images Collection/Getty

From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali – a life in pictures

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This is a scene from a party

after Clay beat Sonny Liston for the heavyweight title.

Undated.

Such is the power of his celebrity,

the assembled crowd are jostling around him

simply to watch him eat.

The proximity of Malcolm X to Clay serves as a neat metaphor

for the closeness of their relationship at that time.

Photograph: Bob Gomel

The LIFE Images Collection/Getty

Muhammad Ali – 25 of the best photographs of the legendary boxer

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L to R: Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali with Malcolm X

Undated.

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Untitled, London, England, 1966

Photograph: Gordon Parks

Gordon Parks: part two – Muhammad Ali in pictures

The exhibition,

at Alison Jacques gallery in London until 1 October,

focuses on Parks’ intimate and nuanced portraits

of the legendary athlete and human rights advocate Muhammad Ali.

Receiving unprecedented access to the champion,

Parks met Ali in 1966 during his training in Miami,

before flying to London to document the run up

to his fight against Henry Cooper

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Muhammad Ali with a young fan. Miami. 1966.

Photograph: Gordon Parks,

courtesy of The Gordon Parks Foundation

Two Champions: Muhammad Ali and Gordon Parks

By David Gonzalez        NYT        Jun. 7, 2016

https://lens.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/06/07/
two-champions-muhammad-ali-and-gordon-parks/

Ali evades a left hand jab from Floyd Patterson in their 1965 bout.

Clay retained his title by technical knock-out in the 12th round,

stretching his record to 22-0.

Photograph: Rolls Press/Popperfoto/Getty Images

From Cassius Clay to Muhammad Ali – a life in pictures

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Eyewitness        22 November 1965    Las Vegas

Patterson remembered

Two-time world heavyweight champion Floyd Patterson

tries to land a long left jab on Cassius Clay,

later Muhammad Ali.

Clay knocked out

his older challenger later in the bout.

Photograph: Bettmann/Corbis

The Guardian        pp. 20-21        12.5.2006

Obituary

Floyd Patterson

Brave fighter who became the world's

youngest heavyweight boxing champion

Mike Lewis        The Guardian        Friday May 12, 2006

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2006/may/12/
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Clay with Malcolm X in 1964.

Clay converted from Christianity to the Nation of Islam,

changing his name to Cassius X

and a few weeks later to Muhammad Ali,

which he said meant “worthy of all praise most high.”

Photograph: Associated Press

Muhammad Ali, Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century, Dies at 74

By ROBERT LIPSYTE    NYT    JUNE 4, 2016

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/
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 Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali)

and Lonnie Williams (later Ali)

in Louisville in 1963,

when he was 21 and she was 6.

Photograph: Steve Schapiro

Corbis, via Getty Images

Muhammad Ali Was Her First, and Greatest, Love

By KAREN CROUSE        NYT        JUNE 9, 2016

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/10/
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Cassius Clay

Heavyweight contender Cassius Clay, 21

(later aka Muhammad Ali),

getting his poetic mouth taped by trainer Angelo Dundee

during his weigh-in before big fight w. Doug Jones.

Location: New York, NY, US

Date taken: March 1963

Photographer: George Silk

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Cassius Clay in 1954.

Long before he changed his name

and became a three-time

world heavyweight boxing champion,

he trained by sparring with neighborhood friends

and running alongside the bus on the way to school.

Photograph: Associated Press

Muhammad Ali, Titan of Boxing and the 20th Century, Dies at 74

NYT

JUNE 4, 2016

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/
sports/muhammad-ali-dies.html

Muhammad Ali Obituary

‘What’s My Name?’

NYT    6 June 2016

Muhammad Ali Obituary | ‘What’s My Name?’

Video        The New York Times        6 June 2016

The three-time world champion boxer Muhammad Ali

has died.

Current and former New York Times reporters

and columnists talk about their memories of him

and how he became an international icon.

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FULL FIGHT    3/8/1971

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http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/
sports/when-muhammad-alis-twinkle-shone-brightest.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/
sports/as-butterfly-or-as-a-bee-muhammad-ali-always-made-an-impression.html

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2016/06/04/
sports/a-look-back-at-the-greatest/s/20130430muhammadali-slide-ZBJ4.html

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/06/04/
sports/muhammad-ali-quotes.html

http://www.nytimes.com/video/sports/
100000003216440/muhammad-ali-whats-my-name.html - June 4, 2016

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/04/
sports/muhammad-ali-dies.html

http://www.npr.org/2016/06/04/
480743833/read-president-obamas-remembrance-of-muhammad-ali

http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/06/04/
480737056/muhammad-ali-the-boxing-poet-who-inspired-liquid-prose

http://www.npr.org/2016/06/04/
171025748/boxer-muhammad-ali-the-greatest-of-all-time-dies-at-74

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/20/
books/review/blood-brothers-
the-fatal-friendship-between-muhammad-ali-and-malcolm-x.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/
sports/the-night-the-ali-liston-fight-came-to-lewiston.html

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2016/mar/09/
muhammad-ali-prize-fighter-father-and-family-man-in-pictures

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2016/02/25/
467247668/muhammad-ali-and-malcolm-x-a-broken-friendship-an-enduring-legacy

http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/aug/27/
thomas-hoepker-best-photograph-muhammad-ali-boxer-fist

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2015/may/22/
muhammad-ali-phantom-punch-sonny-liston-1965

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/20/
sports/the-night-the-ali-liston-fight-came-to-lewiston.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/boxing/10658726/
Flashback-Cassius-Clay-defeats-Sonny-Liston-to-become-
world-heavyweight-champion-of-the-world-50-years-ago.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/
sports/ernie-terrell-dies-at-75-lost-grudge-match-to-ali.html

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2014/oct/30/
muhammad-ali-25-best-photographs-cassius-clay-legendary-boxer

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/oct/30/
-sp-muhammad-ali-through-the-eyes-of-the-photographers-who-know-him-best

https://www.npr.org/2014/10/09/
354883559/i-am-ali-doesnt-open-many-new-doors-but-it-offers-fresh-voices

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/26/
nsa-surveillance-anti-vietnam-muhammad-ali-mlk

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/
movies/trials-of-muhammad-ali-traces-alis-battle-over-vietnam.html

http://www.npr.org/sections/monkeysee/2010/11/16/
131353485/float-like-a-snagriff-sting-like-a-fish-snake-superman-vs-muhammad-ali

http://www.npr.org/2009/04/06/
102649267/i-am-still-the-greatest

https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/25/
specials/ali-islam.html

Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. / Muhammad Ali > BBC podcasts

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03x8c15 

Muhammad Ali marries actress and supermodel

Veronica Porsche in Los Angeles        1977

http://www.theguardian.com/sport/gallery/2015/apr/11/
memory-lane-sport-stars-weddings-in-pictures#img-3

Muhammad Ali

vs

defending world champion George Foreman

Kinshasa, Zaire        30 October, 1974

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/blog/2009/oct/30/
muhammad-ali-george-foreman

Ali’s Battle Over Vietnam

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/23/
movies/trials-of-muhammad-ali-traces-alis-battle-over-vietnam.html

Clay Says He Has Adopted Islam Religion

and Regards It as Way to Peace

NYT        February 28, 1964

https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/10/25/
specials/ali-islam.html

Cassius Clay in London, 30 May 1963

Clay’s fight with Henry Cooper on June 18

https://www.theguardian.com/theobserver/2019/jun/01/
observer-archive-cassius-clay-in-london-30-may-1963

Ali with a student during a November 2002 visit

to Karte Sei High School for Girls in Kabul, Afghanistan,

as a guest of the United Nations.

Photograph: Paula Bronstein

UNICEF,

via Getty Images

Muhammad Ali Evolved

From a Blockbuster Fighter to a Country’s Conscience

By WESLEY MORRIS        NYT        JUNE 4, 2016

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/05/
sports/muhammad-ali-evolved-from-a-blockbuster-fighter-to-a-countrys-conscience.html

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Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. /

Muhammad Ali    1942-2016

On This Day - April 29, 1967

From The Times Archive
 

CASSIUS MARCELLUS CLAY, the world heavyweight champion who prefers to be known by his Black Muslim name of Muhammad Ali, today refused to be inducted into the United States Army. He declined to take the traditional step forward when called upon to take the oath by the commanding officer at the induction centre in Houston, Texas, even though he was addressed first as “Muhammad Ali” and then as “Cassius Clay”.

Clay now faces the possibility of a prison sentence of five years and a fine of up to $10,000, the penalties the Government can invoke against him as a “draft dodger”. However, if his lawyers contest the case through the courts, the proceedings might last for two years.

In New York, the state athletic commission announced that Clay would be stripped of his world title if he went to prison, as he would not then be able to defend his title. An elimination tournament would be held to find a successor. The World Boxing Association and other controlling groups may be expected to take similar action.

Later Clay issued a four-page statement saying: “It is in the light of my consciousness as a Muslim minister and my personal convictions that I take my stand in rejecting to be inducted into the armed services.
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