He was fast of fist and foot -- lip, too -- a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly, he thrilled, even after the punches had taken their toll and ...

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Muhammad Ali's prolific 61-fight career featured bouts that are considered the greatest in history: a trilogy with Joe Frazier that produced "The Fight of the Century" and the "Thrilla in Manila," and ...

Ali, still known as Cassius Clay, was a fast-talking 22-year-old challenger known as ''The Louisville Lip.'' He had won the light heavyweight gold medal at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, but had been ...