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Cassius Clay Muhammad Ali
939 wordsCassius Clay better known as Muhammad Ali is by far the greatest boxer of all time. "King of 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 Allis rise to the top and boxing run in with La Cost 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...
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The Tarnished Image Of Canadian Peacekeeping
1,084 words... c opinion, shortly after parliament chose to agree with this request. Serving in the Congo was a challenge for many Canadian service personnel. The heat as well as the sights, sounds and particularly smells (i. e. at the market in Leopoldville), will remain unforgettable. During the course of their stay, a number of Canadians preformed heroic rescues that merited bravery awards. Lieutenant J. T. F. A. Liston, an officer in the Royal 22 e Regiment, was named a member of the Most Excellent Ord...
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Sports History Of Boxing Great Muhammad Ali
1,908 wordsFloat like a butterfly, sting like a bee! These were the famous words said by Muhammad Ali after his first title fight against Sonny Liston (Rummel 57). Muhammad Ali was one of the greatest boxers known today. Although Ali was a great boxer, he had to overcome many obstacles to get to where he wanted to be, like segregation, racism, the selective service, and being a Muslim. Cassius clay was born on January 17, 1942 in a working class family in Louisville, Kentucky. His father, Cassius Clay Sr w...
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Henry Viii Anne Boleyn
929 wordsBloody Bloody Mary &# 65279; Bloody Mary Mary I, Queen of England was a very prominent figure in European history. Her reign as queen was filled with many trials and tribulations that were not accepted by most of England. Many of Marys rash decisions were most likely do to her upbringing and her lack of will power. Whether it is being declared a bastard as a young child by her tyrannical father, Henry VIII, or her marriage to Phillip of Spain, Mary was easily influenced by others and it showed a...
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Cassius Clay Heavyweight Championship
963 wordsClay Beats Liston: February 25, 1964 From the accounts of various Kentucky newspapers, I was able to learn a few facts about Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, as well as the attitudes of his fellow Kentuckians. The first thing I noticed in all the newspapers that I viewed was that almost all the articles written about the fight were written by writers from either the Associated Press (AP) or United Press International (UPI). This displayed three things about the Kentucky press, first th...
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Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay
1,006 wordsBorn Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. In Louisville, Kentucky on January 17, 1942, Cassius took his first boxing lessons from an Irish-American cop who thought he was giving lessons to a boy that wanted to protect his new bike from older neighborhood kids. But by the age of 16, Cassius had won the Louisville Golden Gloves tournament as a light heavyweight and advanced to the quarterfinals of the regional championship in Chicago. After graduating to the Louisville Central High School in 1960, he won t...
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Heavyweight Championship Muhammad Ali
342 wordsMuhammad Ali, originally Cassius Marcellus Clay, in his lifetime became one of the best almost controversial sports figures of all time. His upfront attitude and devotion to the Muslim religion made him a role model for many people. Perhaps the most surprising things did was changing is name to Muhammad Ali after becoming a Muslim. Ali, then still going by Cassius Clay, first came to world attention in 1960, when he worth Olympic light-heavyweight championship. After his surprising victory over ...
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Muhammad Ali Cassius Clay
3,053 wordsMuhammad Ali is one of the most recognized faces on planet Earth; known not just for being one of the best fighters in the history of boxing, but for being one of the most knowledgeable persons of the twentieth century. Ali wasnt always known by that name though, he was born Cassius Marcellus Clay on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky, him and his younger brother Rudolph had many small conflicts like any brothers would have, but they were, and still are blessed with having a very close rel...
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