Muhammad Ali - Cassius Clay

Muhammad Ali, born as Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr, still remains one of the world's most feared boxers of all times. Ali had the distinction of becoming the first and only boxer to win the lineal heavyweight championship three times.

Cassius Clay won six Kentucky Golden Gloves titles, two national Golden Gloves titles, an Amateur Athletic Union National Title, and the Light Heavyweight gold medal in the 1960 Rome Summer Olympics.

At 6 feet 3 inches tall, Ali won the Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions and the Amateur Athletic Union's national title for the light-heavyweight division in 1959 after being awarded the Golden Gloves Championship for novices in the light heavyweight class in the year 1956. Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston in 1964 to become the heavyweight champion of the world and was not afraid to sing his own praise.

Nicknamed "The Greatest", Muhammad Ali was involved in some of the most memorable boxing matches, especially with Joe Frazier and George Foreman. Ali suffered only five losses in his entire career and won 56 matches (37 knockouts and 19 decisions). The greatness of this legendary boxer is evident from the fact that Sports Illustrated crowned him with the title of "Sportsman of the Century" and BBC crowned him as "Sports Personality of the Century." Muhammad Ali was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1990 and lit the torch at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia. Ali was also voted as the sports personality of the Century in England.