MUHAMMAD ALI - THE GREATEST

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‘I done wrestled with an alligator, I done tussled with a whale; handcuffed lightning, thrown thunder in jail; only last week, I murdered a rock, injured a stone, hospitalised a brick; I'm so mean I make medicine sick.’ Ali v Liston 2 - 1965Shortly after the first Liston clash, on 6 March 1964 Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali, announcing to the world he had officially converted to Islam. His brother also renounced his birth name and went from Rudolph Valentino Clay to Rahman Ali. Louisville’s most talented, controversial, yet certainly favourite fighting son went on to say, ‘Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn’t choose it and I don’t want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name. It means beloved of God and I insist people use it when people speak to me.’ Unfortunately for