1960: Muhammad Ali Reveals Why He Started Boxing
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On 2 September 1960, Cassius Clay - later Muhammad Ali - spoke to ITN's Tom Barry in the Olympic Village in Rome, where the 18-year-old Clay was competing in the light heavyweight boxing category in that year's Summer Olympics.*
Barry asked Clay about the origins of his name, and Clay revealed how an experience with an elusive bike thief started him down the road to greatness... 🚲 🥊
* Three days after this interview, Clay won a gold medal... obviously.
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18 years old here. So well spoken
Thank to that thief who stole Ali's bike You did the world and boxing biggest favor , otherwise we would not know this legend
@trumplostlol3007
7 ай бұрын
The bicycle is only one of many possible triggers. He would have been triggered by other events too. LOL
I remember reading this interview in his autobiography, how he charmed the Italian press with his wit and sincerity. It's nice to finally view this now.
@SAM27786
Жыл бұрын
What's the autobiography called?? Mind dropping the link on the website
@bennyadler5882
Жыл бұрын
I have it in storage. I’ll check and get back with you,, released 1975 just after the 3rd Frazier bout.
@bee14ish
11 ай бұрын
@@bennyadler5882 Been 4 months. You got the name yet?
@bennyadler5882
11 ай бұрын
@@bee14ish In storage, I'll check again buddy.
@bennyadler5882
11 ай бұрын
The Greatest. My Own Story (though it was ghost written by others while every page "approved" by Herbert Muhammad. Take it for what it's worth.
Idk why I'm so obsessed with this goat
@CahyaTroy
Күн бұрын
it's extremely common. Ali was like the reincarnation of a god. He was on another level and people recognize it and fall in love with it.
Once a thief stole a bi- cycle of Md.Ali when he was a school student and this incident led to his greatest boxer in his later life. Today Md.Ali has stolen our hearts with his outstanding , mind blowing and captivating boxing performances. He was the greatest boxer of the world with retaining 19 times World Boxing Championship title setting up a miracle. His suffering from Parkinson's disease during the last part of his life is very mournful and heart breaking. He was also a great social activist. He regarded boxing only as a game in a true sportsman spirit. He used to be very serious during boxing within the ring. But he was very childlike outside the ring talking with wit and keen sense of humour evoking joy and gaiety among the listeners. He wisely realised that this world is a colossal room to live in and every one of us has to pay rent for it by serving poor people of the world. He was also a great human being having lots of love for the poor section of the people. I salute him with unbounded love and admiration for his outstanding contribution to the field of boxing as a boxer and the society as a noble human being. He will remain immortal among his crores of fans . Every sports man should follow in his footsteps.
Now that I'm getting a little interviews ❤
Sweet boy
Такой очаровательный и юный, а уже чемпион.
A very young LEGEND.
Me : So ali, they stole your bike. Now what? Ali : better become a heavyweight champ
So if it wasn’t for a stolen bike. And he’s causen. We wouldn’t have had the greatest
@scottishman0951
7 ай бұрын
Ik it’s crazy how little things can change the whole world
@jonaspereira007
3 ай бұрын
And Mike Tyson started boxing because of a dead pidgeon. Incredible, isn't it? Sometimes it just takes a detail.
Bless his heart… he was named after a great man militarily and politically. Who was an intricate part of the abolition of slavery and the emancipation proclamation
@_KaiRos-11
6 ай бұрын
Muhammed and Ali two seperate people he was renamed after was an Arab slave trader of Africans or they called them Blacks back then too
He was wrong about his name, he wasn’t Cassius Clay VI he was Cassius Clay II and his paternal grandfather was Henry Clay
@Maynard-il1yj
4 ай бұрын
Named after an absolute badass
I always loved his given name and was upset when he changed it.. he could have been "Cassius the Greatest". Also, I'm impressed by how bright he is (was) even as a very young man. In my mind, I'm comparing his storytelling ability with that of Herschel Walker's.. What an extraordinary clip.. too bad it's not longer. THANK YOU! 🙏
@onhots2235
Жыл бұрын
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@alzalz7108
Жыл бұрын
Muhammad Ali sounds much better and not a slave name
@bathiya01
11 ай бұрын
@@alzalz7108 Name does not make you a slave, but your acts do
@fguledh
7 ай бұрын
@@bathiya01your acts ? lol😂😂
@TheHeater90
6 ай бұрын
@@alzalz7108 Actually, the great man in Kentucky(as he refers to him) who the original Cassius Clay was named after was a famous abolitionist! He's not named after a slave at all.
Guy that stolen Ali's bike: "Sh** I created Muhammad Ali...Ok better move on to the next apartment 🧰"
RIP people champ
@daviddennen7479
2 ай бұрын
His own champ, never fought for anyone but himself.Joe Louis actually fought for the U.S government and I don't hear people calling him the people champ when he actually did.
@Dr-789
2 ай бұрын
@@daviddennen7479 People champ does nt mean to fought for country...😀 It means he was liked by everyone xcept few like u...
@daviddennen7479
2 ай бұрын
@@Dr-789 I assure you that if a boxer today said the things this MF said and called himself the greatest like lemme think, Mayweather you wouldn't be calling him people's champ. Ali fanboys are as trending as Micheal Jordan fanboys. Btw I think Ali is an excelent boxer and a great but calling him anything other than that is just fanboyism.Also Ali was not liked by many and is still called a draft doger to this day and a bad sportsman except for a few fanboys like yew.
Its interesting Ali joined Islam at a time when most Middle Eastern countries still had legal slavery.
@sel1414
Жыл бұрын
Lies. When islam came it made slavery forbidden, it has nothing to do with the middle east, it’s a religion for all, and any islamic country would’ve made it forbidden because it’s in the holy Quran
@tylan38
Жыл бұрын
the dumbest observation ive seen in a long time pal
@ibrahimmussa1279
Жыл бұрын
Look who s talking
@tubester4567
Жыл бұрын
@@ibrahimmussa1279 The whole world had slavery for thousands of years, it was normal practice, but it was white people, Europeans who forced the world to end slavery. The UK and the US fought wars over it. Even today in 2023 slavery still happens is Africa and Asia, and the Middle East.
@KD400_
11 ай бұрын
Its against Islam to have slaves. Ur supposed to free them
"...Muhammad Ali (/ɑːˈliː/;[2] born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 - June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "the Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century and is often regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time. He held the Ring magazine heavyweight title from 1964 to 1970. He was the undisputed champion from 1974 to 1978 and the WBA and Ring heavyweight champion from 1978 to 1979. In 1999, he was named Sportsman of the Century by Sports Illustrated and the Sports Personality of the Century by the BBC...." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali?fbclid=IwAR3i-lbYAbvrJ5dQE5GlVe1Tky9dRpOthimc5IJPbOhI6kF9kLk5WJaKezc