Muhammad Ali

“The Greatest” · Heavyweight · 1960–1981

Louisville, Kentucky: at 12, Cassius Clay had his bicycle stolen and told a policeman he would whup the thief. The policeman, Joe Martin, ran a boxing gym and told him to learn to fight first. Six years later he came home from the 1960 Rome Olympics with the light heavyweight gold medal: fast feet, a fast mouth and hands held low. In October 1960, at 18, Cassius Clay, later Muhammad Ali, turned professional in his hometown. Start at fight one and watch his career, one fight at a time.