Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali who was hospitalized on June 2 with a respiratory condition has died on June 3, 2016 at age 74.
Highlights of Muhammad Ali’s life
January 17, 1942: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. was born, in Louisville, Kentucky
Age 12: Started boxing when his bike got stolen
1960: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. won Light Heavyweight gold medal in the Summer Olympics in Rome
October 29, 1960: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. made his professional debut winning over Tunney Hunsaker
February 25, 1964: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. defeated Sonny Liston to become heavyweight champion.
1964: Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali
April 28, 1967: Muhammad Ali refused to fight in Vietnam
October 30, 1974: Muhammad Ali fought George Foremon in Zaire in the “The rumble in the jungle”
1984: Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson’s syndrome
1996: Lit the flame at the Summer Olympics in Atlanta
