Champion of the Olympic Games in light heavyweight in Rome (1960)Repeated world champion among professionals in heavyweight (1964 - 1974) Many consider the best boxer in the history of boxing Mohammed "The Greatest" Ali, real name Cassius Clay, was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, USA, in the black family of an advertising artist. Boxing began at the age of 12 with police coach Joe Martin, 2 years later (1958) he moved to the famous coach of professional boxers Angelo Dundee. Until 1960 he
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Champion of the Olympic Games in light heavyweight in Rome (1960)Repeated world champion among professionals in heavyweight (1964 - 1974) Many consider the best boxer in the history of boxing Mohammed "The Greatest" Ali, real name Cassius Clay, was born on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, USA, in the black family of an advertising artist. Boxing began at the age of 12 with police coach Joe Martin, 2 years later (1958) he moved to the famous coach of professional boxers Angelo Dundee. Until 1960 he acted as an amateur boxer. At the Olympic Games in Rome in 14 finals defeated Soviet boxer Gennady Shatkov. After becoming an Olympic champion, he became a professional. For some time he trained V coach Archie Moore. One of the most remarkable victories was the victory in 1962 over the world light heavyweight champion from 1952 to 1959, his former coach Archie Moore, who was knocked out in round 4. The first sixteen-year-old black native of Louisville, Kentucky, Cassius Marcellus Clay surprised the famous coach Angelo Dundee, calling him and without hesitation saying that if he takes him into his group, he will become an Olympic champion and the best in the world. Dundee alone knows what made him not hang up, but look at this brazen young man. It was enough for the coach to meet Cassius Clay and Muhammad Ali to understand that the guy is not braving. Muhammad Ali was a boxer from God - perfect athletic build, phenomenal intuition, flexible mind. All the subtleties of Muhammad Ali grasped on the fly. And Muhammad Ali’s reaction and flying in the ring fascinated their witnesses. Muhammad Ali's fights were the benchmarks of boxing, the epitome of his aesthetic. In a word, art. No one knew then how many days of ugliness those days of beauty required. As a twelve-year-old boy, Muhammad Ali, tortured by his own timidity in front of street bullies, began to selflessly work for police coach Joe Martin. How, by honing his reaction, he made his younger brother throw stones at himself. As, for the love of boxing, Muhammad Ali ignored the persistent warnings of doctors - already at the age of 17, his blood pressure jumped wildly. He chose his path and walked it. In 1959, he easily got into the US Olympic team. Muhammad Ali is the 1960 Olympic champion in the light heavyweight division. At the XVII Olympic Games in Rome in the 1/4 finals, Muhammad Ali defeated the Soviet outstanding boxer Gennady Shatkov on points. In the final, Muhammad Ali defeated Pole Z. Petszykowski and became the Olympic champion. Muhammad Ali was a repeated world champion among professionals from 1964-1974 in the heavyweight division. With a weight of 97 kg and a height of 192 cm, Muhammad Ali in the ring was unusually light and mobile. Muhammad Ali once said, “I fly like a butterfly and sting like a bee.” During his 20 years of professional career, Muhammad Ali was a trendsetter in the ring. Rare defeats of Muhammad Ali, and there were only 5, were considered an accident. Altogether, Muhammad Ali has had 25 title or qualifier fights, which would have been a record without Joe Louis, who has one more. The first defeat of Muhammad Ali experienced in March 1971, in New York from Joe Frazer, who for a pronounced power style was called “black Marciano”.On October 30, 1974, a fight for the title of world champion between George Foreman, the current champion, and the challenger Mohammed Ali took place in Kinshasa. Experts consider this fight as “the greatest and unforgettable”. Seven rounds of Mohammed Ali inexorably led Foremen to a spectacular denouement. His opponent and such approached Muhammad Ali, but all useless. Midway through the eighth round, Muhammad Ali played a false combination and sharply punched Foremen in the jaw. Foreman somehow made a full turn, then two or three steps on his bending legs and collapsed onto the platform. It was George Foreman, a powerful and strong-willed fighter, who returned a few years ago to the 42-year-old in the big ring and beat many of the current ones. What masters he and others were in their heyday, and what power Muhammad Ali finally represented if he sent any of them to the flooring! Muhammad Ali ended his career in the early 80s. At the age of 40, Muhammad Ali was struck by Parkinson’s disease. In the professional ring, Muhammad Ali spent 56 fights, winning 51, 37 of them by knockout.