The king of the ring.

in #history8 years ago

Born on January 17, 1942 in Arizona, known by name Muhammad Ali o Mohamed.

He was considered one of the best boxers in history., Apart from the racism that lived in the 70s, I managed to be a person of great influence in his time, both politically and socially.

In his beginner stage. Reached the gold medal in the Olympic Games of the 60's celebrated in rome , As a professional, at twenty-two years old he won the title of undisputed heavyweight champion, he won another title of champion, which made him the first boxer to repeat on three occasions to win a world title in his category.

He opposed being recruited by the armed forces of his United States during the Vietnam War, He joined the religion of Islam Fact that it took to him to gain many followers and enemies to world-wide level and that managed to obtain to be respected like sport figure world-wide.

In his personal life he loved dancing, acting and singing, despite being very shy according to his parents, he took great care of his health and trained daily because of his addiction to boxing.

In the words of Ali, something that happened to him was the murder of the young African-American Emmett Till, who is said to have been caused by the whistling of a white-skinned woman.

As a boxer, the young man who most influenced his career was joe frazier.

Time after his retirement in boxing, Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease Which is said to have been caused by blows to the head during his career. Over the years, the disease continued to progress and with the help of his wife was able to persist with this disease and gave him an example of other people who suffered, despite all things there had an active life was presented on occasion To events and tributes to benefits.

Dies at 74 years of age in the year 2016 due to causes due to his illness.

He was given a great homage surrounded by his relatives and a large number of admirers his remains were cremated in cave hill, Kentucky.

To conclude my subject. I wanted to make it clear that sport in spite of its health reasons, more than a discipline is an exercise and a dream to achieve. Let us congratulate and thank all those athletes who achieved goals and who today are not and are remembered as the best.

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