Mohamed Ali Clay
Cassius Clay was an American boxer who
changed his name to Mohamed Ali later on because of his enrollment to the
religion of Islam. After becoming a Sunni Muslim Mohamed Ali refused to join
the military, saying it is against his religion and that the Vietnamese didn’t
do anything wrong to him. Mohamed Ali is considered as one of the great boxers
in the world, winning the Heavyweight Championship 3 times in a row, facing
many rivals such as Joe Frazier. He was known for his style and he describes it
by “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee; people described his fighting
style as unorthodox because of his moves such as Ali shuffle and rope-a-dope.
Mohamed Ali had a lot of titles awarded and the last two were the biggest among
them by giving him the title of “Sportsman of the century” and “Sports
personality of the century”. He is still alive till this day with an age of 71
years old.
