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‘The Greatest’: Remembering Muhammad Ali

Ali is remembered not just for his sporting feats, but also for his unwavering character, moral values, and the challenges he surmounted as a Black man during a time rife with racial tensions in an overwhelmingly white and Christian country.

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Ali spent six years training under Martin, who encouraged him to learn to fight before seeking retaliation. In September 1960, after winning three bouts in the qualifying rounds of the Rome Olympics, Ali defeated Poland's Zbigniew Pietrzykowski to win the light heavyweight gold medal at the young age of 18.