Muhammad Ali

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Game was about to take
off, Ali was provided with an opportunity to represent his country. At this
point he had fought 103 amateur matches, and had only lost five. Ali went with
the Olympic team to Rome, and he did not only participate, he also won the
precious Olympic gold medal. Ali returned home from Italy, and he felt that he
had made a difference when he won the gold medal for his country. When he got
back to his hometown, Louisville, he thought that he was going to be treated as
a champion, but he was still discriminated by the white society. In anger, Ali
decided to throw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio river, as a protest
against what he perceived as racism in his hometown. At this point Ali wanted to
take a stand against the discrimination of the blacks in the US, and did so by
his actions. By the age of 22 Clay had a professional boxing record of 19 wins
and no loss. On February 25, 1964, Ali got the chance to fight for the world
heavyweight championship. ...

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drafted by the army for induction into military service to fight in the
Vietnam war. He refused to step forward when called, on grounds of his religious
beliefs. Ali was immediately stripped of his heavyweight title, and received a
five year prison sentence, which he immediately appeals. Ali had no more fights
for the rest of 1967, nor any fights in 1968 and 1969, as he lost his peak
physical years as a boxer to fight against his conviction. Whether Ali did right
or wrong, I do not know, but he took his punishment for something he believed in,
but we must remember the facts of the case.

Ali claimed he could not fight in the Vietnam war on grounds of his religious
beliefs. He had ...

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