Muhammad Ali
...the World" by David Reminick is a very detailed biography of Muhammad and
good documentation how boxing used to be. The book takes you on a journey behind
the scenes of Alli's rise to the top and boxing run in with La Costra Nostra.
On an October afternoon in 1954 when Cassius was 12 he left his 60 dollar red Schwinn
outside the Columbia Auditorium to visit a bazaar. When he and his friends left he
realizes that his new bike was stolen. Cassius was in a tearing rage and someone said
that there was a police officer in the basement of a boxing gym. He went in demanding
a statewide bike hunt and threatening to beat the hell out of whoever had stolen it.
The officer Joe Martin asked Cassius if he could fight, and Cassius said no, so Martin
invited him to come to the gym and learn how to box, so he could get pay back on the
bicycle thief. This is the story of how Cassius first got interested and determined to
become a great boxer.
He also showed determinations when he brought home and Olympic gold medal. He
trained very hard for our country and did a really good job.
Even back then he ran his trashed talked his opponents, like in his first match he fought
he one by a spit decision, after he found out he had one he shouted he would soon be
"the greatest of all time". Know one knew at the time that his boasts would soon be
the truth.
Cassius mouth has gotten him a lot of key matches in his career. He gained his first
title shot form Sonny Liston this way. One of his famous quotes was "I'm so mean I
make medicine sick."
He ran his mouth so often that people thought he ran his mouth just to psyche him
self-out for the matches. That is...
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