I thought of him while reading Jonathan Eig’s Ali, A Life, on the complex roles Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) played as a black boxer in what is still considered a white man’s world.

It was the battle of the champs, and not just according to LIFE Magazine’s headline: Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, two undefeated boxers, would meet head to head on March 8, 1971. Each would ...

Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion ... champ joined the Nation of Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali (meaning "worthy of praise"). When he was drafted into the ...

Floating and stinging as it explores the boxing icon’s life inside the ring and out, “Muhammad Ali” is another epic Ken Burns-produced dive into the life of an influential 20th-century ...

LIFE’s editors dispatched many of the magazine’s photographers—including ... a desire to please his legions of fans. The legacy of Muhammad Ali, of course, extends far beyond his feats ...

Clay visits a mosque in Miami and later declares the experience "the first time in my life that I felt truly ... Elijah has bestowed him the name Muhammad Ali. The name means "Praiseworthy One." ...

Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali is considered by many to be one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time. His accomplishments in the ring were as great as his philanthropic and civil rights ...

He was born Cassius Clay. Later he became known as Muhammad Ali. He was a three-time heavyweight boxing champion. And, today his life is depicted in art and photography. The ring violence and the ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Biographer Jonathan Eig talked about his process for researching Muhammad Ali's life while writing his book, "Ali." He spoke at the 2017 Southern ...

As a kid growing up in Hudson in the mid-1970s, I remember genuinely fearing for Muhammad Ali's life when he fought George Foreman during the "Rumble in the Jungle" in Zaire in October 1974.