Over the weekend, an American boxer Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr was hospitalized over a respiratory illness that lead to the ultimate death of the well deserved World greatest boxer.
Muhammad Ali who was born to christian parents on the 17th day of January, 1942 was well known by all and sundry as the greatest sporting champion of his time and most especially for his strong determination, zeal, character and above all his rather too much confidence in himself that he eventually coined into a beautiful sense of humor on one hand and on the other, a huge source of inspiration and motivation. From a very early stage of his career he was known for his controversial, inspiring and polarizing figure both in and out of the ring.
Muhammad Ali started training at the tender age of 12 and by 22 he was set to set a world record in boxing. Till date, Muhammad Ali has been known to remain the only boxer to have won the world heavy weight championship three-time lineal. He first won this title after battling with Sunny Liston in Miami Beach Florida, when Sunny Liston gave up at the seventh round after bean heavily Dominated in the sixth round. Then, he won the “Rumble in the Jungle” in 1974 against 25 year old George Foreman, this fight was staged 7 years after Ali was striped of his titles by a sanction by the government and the commission, making him the second dethroned champ to be regain his belt. And his Finally fight with Leon Spinks that named him a three-time champion.
Muhammad Ali deserved the Title of “The Greatest”. After he retired from boxing he founded WORLD, ‘The World Organisation for Right, Liberty and Dignity and the confidence with which he speaks about the future here is phenomenal…. To so many, Muhammad was just a fighter of a certain sort, to me he was a teacher, a source of motivation and inspiration. And the best part of it all that affirmed his thoroughly strong will power and determination to survive and stand out from the crowd, any crowd was made evident after he died, his daughter took to twitter to say: All his organs failed, but his heart wont stop beating for an additional 30 Minutes, it has never been heard of in the history of medicine.
REST IN PERFECT PEACE: MUHAMMAD ALI.
