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Muhammad Ali, considered as the greatest boxer of all times, was born as Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky. In 1975, he changed his name to Muhammad Ali when he joined the Nation of Islam and later on the Sunni Islam.
Ali got his inspiration to become a boxer when at the age of 12, he lost his bike.
He reported it to police officer and boxing coach Joe Martin. When he told Martin that he wanted to beat up whoever took his bike, Martin suggested that he should train to learn how to fight. So at the young age of 12, Ali started to seriously train six days a week.
In 1954, he had his first amateur bout which he won by split decision.
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Then in 1956, he won the Golden Gloves tournament for novices in the light heavyweight class. In 1959, he won the national Golden Gloves middleweight championship and in 1960 the Amateur Athletic Union’s national light heavyweight title.
In the same year, Ali won the Olympic Gold Medal for the l