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My Take
Ali is the one athlete I would defend as genuinely larger than his sport. The boxing alone justifies the title, since a 191-centimeter heavyweight who moved like a lightweight rewired what the division could be. But my real admiration is for the cost he accepted outside the ring: he staked his prime years on conviction, talked endlessly and somehow backed up every word, then spent his later decades showing a different kind of courage in public. The shelf of honors, from the Presidential Medal of Freedom on down, reads almost redundant. The Greatest usually sounds like marketing, but in his case I consider it a plain description.
Overview
Muhammad Ali ( ah-LEE; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. A global cultural icon, widely known by the nickname "the Greatest", he is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Muhammad Ali
- Name (Japanese)
- モハメド・アリ
- Reading
- もはめど・あり
- Born
- January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
- Origin
- Louisville, Kentucky, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 191 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- boxer / autobiographer / activist / author / athlete
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Central High School
- University
- Santa Monica College
Awards & achievements
- 2001 Presidential Citizens Medal
- 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Philadelphia Liberty Medal
- Arthur Ashe Courage Award
- 2005 Otto Hahn Peace Medal
- Library of Congress Living Legend
- 1974 Associated Press Athlete of the Year
- 2002 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
- Official sitehttp://ali.com
- Xhttps://x.com/MuhammadAli
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A2%E3%83%8F%E3%83%A1%E3%83%89%E3%83%BB%E3%82%A2%E3%83%AA
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.