Boxing career of Muhammad Ali

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Muhammad Ali was an American professional boxer widely regarded by many boxing historians as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. The Ring magazine rated him number one in a ranking of greatest heavyweights from all eras in 1998. In 1999, the Associated Press voted Ali the number one heavyweight and second-greatest fighter of the 20th century. That same year, ESPN ranked him third on its list of the Top North American Athletes of the Century, and an ESPN poll named him the greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all time. Ali is the only three-time lineal and undisputed world heavyweight champion. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame as part of its inaugural class in 1990. As an amateur, Ali won the Kentucky Golden Gloves six times, the Chicago Golden Gloves twice, the Intercity Golden Gloves twice, the AAU National Championships twice, and the gold medal in the light heavyweight division at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. In 1964, Ali, listed as an 8-to-1 underdog...

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