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Boxer Muhammad Ali discusses the religious reasons he refused to join the army after being drafted in service during the Vietnam War. He was stripped of his boxing titles on April 28, 1967 for refusing to serve.

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Muhammad Ali Explains Why He Wouldn’t Join the Army appeared first on Witnify.

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Boxer Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, describes where the Clay name came from and he explains how he first got into boxing. This interview happens on February 9, 1960, 4 years before he changed his name to Muhammad Ali.

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Muhammad Ali on the Origin of the Name Cassius Clay appeared first on Witnify.

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Boxer Muhammad Ali, formerly known as Cassius Clay, describes why he changed his name to Ali and explains how he reacts when someone uses the wrong name when they speak to him. Ali changed his name in 1964 at the direction of his religious leader, Elijah Muhammad.

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Muhammad Ali: ‘I’m No Longer Clay, I’m No Longer a Slave’ appeared first on Witnify.

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During the halftime of Monday Night Football on November 4, 1974, announcer Howard Cosell interviews Muhammad Ali, just five days after Ali defeats heavyweight champion George Foreman. Cosell had predicted a Foreman victory but calls Ali the “greatest in the world.” Find out if Ali changes his mind about retirement; how the Foreman fight differed from the Joe Frazier fight of March 8, 1971; and much more.

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Muhammad Ali Reflects on His 1974 George Foreman Fight appeared first on Witnify.