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Muhammad Ali

Also known as Cassius Clay, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., The Greatest, Muhammad Ali Clay

Muhammad Ali 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. He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970, was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978, and was the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC.

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Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. in 1942 in Louisville, was an American boxer, autobiographer, activist, and author. He competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics and was educated at Santa Monica College. His parents were Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. and Odessa Grady Clay. He studied under Jhoon Rhee and was married to Khalilah Ali and Veronica Porché Ali. They had a child named Laila Ali.

Ali received the Presidential Citizens Medal, Presidential Medal of Freedom, Philadelphia Liberty Medal, and Arthur Ashe Courage Award. He was recognized in the Hollywood Walk Of Fame collection. His religious worldview included the Nation of Islam and Sunni Islam. He suffered from Parkinson's disease and dyslexia. He resided in Scottsdale and Cherry Hill. He died in Scottsdale in 2016.

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Person · Open Library

Born: 1873
Died: 1942
Works: 31

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Type: Person
Gender: Male
Origin: United States
Active from: 1942
Active to: 2016

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You Only Look Once: Unified, Real-Time Object Detection
· 2016 · cited 38,492x
Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,235x
YOLO9000: Better, Faster, Stronger
· 2017 · cited 14,688x
Transcript assembly and quantification by RNA-Seq reveals unannotated transcripts and isoform switching during cell differentiation
· 2010 · cited 13,848x
Mapping and quantifying mammalian transcriptomes by RNA-Seq
· 2008 · cited 11,865x

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Muhammad Ali | Neil Leifer Photography

Neil Leifer photographed Muhammad Ali on over 50 different occasions between 1963 (as Cassius Clay) and 2012, including title fights, in studio, and at home. He captured iconic moments from his title fights against Sonny Liston, “The Fight of the Century” against Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden, the “Rumble in the

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Wikidata facts

Instance of: human
Family name: Clay
Gender: male
Citizenship: United States
Place of birth: Louisville
Place of death: Scottsdale
Father: Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.
Mother: Odessa Grady Clay
Sibling: Rahman Ali
Occupation: author
Languages spoken: English language
Native language: American English
Religion: Sunni Islam
Award: The Ring magazine Fighter of the Year
Participant in: 1960 Summer Olympics
Record label: Columbia Records
Sport: boxing
Country for sport: United States
Official website: ali.com
Image: Muhammad Ali standing over Sonny Liston.jpg
Height: 191
Number of children: 9
Residence: Cherry Hill

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Commons category: Muhammad Ali
date of birth: 1942-01-17
topic's main category: Category:Muhammad Ali
medical condition: dyslexia
birth name: Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
date of death: 2016-06-03
name in native language: Muhammad Ali
manner of death: natural causes
topic has template: Template:Muhammad Ali
lifestyle: mysticism
ethnic group: African Americans
cause of death: respiratory disease
nickname: The Louisville Lip
on focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
end of work period: 1981-12-11
social media followers: 876455
footedness: orthodox stance
sports discipline competed in: boxing
writing language: American English
short name: Cassius Clay
competition class: heavyweight
trained by: Angelo Dundee
P12674: Nicolette Krebitz
P12749: Q150897
different from: Cassius M. Clay
start of work period: 1960-00-00
number of matches played/races/starts: 61
number of wins: 56
number of losses: 5

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Muhammad Ali (/ɑːˈliː/ 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. He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970, was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978, and was the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC.

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