Personality of the day - Mohammed Ali


   



mohamad ali  ws born on 17 january 1942. at the christening ceremony he ws given the name of cassius Marcellus clay bt when he grew up, he adopted the Muslim religion and changed his name Mohammad Ali. even frm his childhood , Mohammad  Ali had burning desire to become a famous boxer. His his dream came true whn he won the olympic gold medal. it ws because of of his unsurpassable boxing skill and colourful personalty tht  he ws called Ali the great . in his perfessional career, Mohammad Ali earned more than 60 lakh dollars and took part in 61 bouts fr 549 rounds.
         In the rome Olympic , he won the light heavy weight gold medal . After turning perfessional, Mohammad Ali challenged world champion, sonny Liston on february , 1964 and snatched the world title fr nt acccepting the  USA's compulsory military serivce decree. In his bid to become the world champion again ,Mohammad Ali ws  beaten by Joe Frazier . bt Ali did nt lose heart nad avenged his defeat beating Joe Frazier in 1974 and became
the world champion again. After this he ws beaten by Leon Spinks bt in 978 he proved tht he ws really great by beating spinks.
          Mohammad Ali's attempt to become the world champion fourth time ws foiled by Larry Holmes whn he defeated Ali badly, bt by tht time age had started having its affect and Ali's boxing ws nt wht had been in the past.


        Mohammad Ali ws nt only the great boxer within the ring bt he also gave new dimension to th popularity of boxing, all over the world . The period betwean the retirement of Ali and emergence of Mike Tyson in boxingworld seems blank.
           He is now suffering frm parkinson's disease bt his daughter Laila Ali is creating waves in women boxing.