Photo: Ira Rosenberg / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
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.
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
- Height
- 191 cm
- Occupation
- boxer / autobiographer / activist / author / athlete
2. Background
- 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
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
Frequently asked questions
When was Muhammad Ali born?
January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016.
Where is Muhammad Ali from?
Muhammad Ali is from Louisville, Kentucky, United States.
What does Muhammad Ali do?
Muhammad Ali works as boxer, autobiographer, activist, author, athlete.
How tall is Muhammad Ali?
Muhammad Ali is 191 cm.
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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 or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.