Since he burst onto the boxing scene in at the 1960 Olmypics, Muhammad Ali has been regarded as the best. In Rome, Ali won a gold medal and launched a career that saw him claim the heavyweight championship 4 years later over Sonny Liston. At the time, Ali was the youngest champion ever in boxing (broken by Mike Tyson).
In his final fight for the WBC championship belt in 1980 against Larry Holmes, Ali was obliterated by a much younger champion. Ali's loss was a tragedy to many of his supporters and fans.
In spite of that loss to Holmes and the subsequent loss in his final fight to unheralded Trevor Berbick, Ali's legacy is that of a champion. Even more than that, though, is the perception of Ali as a tremendou human being and humanitarian. With that said, we are going to take a closer look at the Greatest Boxing Champion of all time by answer the following questions.
DO NOT REPEAT AN ANSWER (This means you may have to read the posts of others).
QUESTIONS/RESPONSES:
1) What one word would you use to describe Ali? Defend the use of that word!!!! Give examples.
2) Look up information about Ali (http://www.ali.com/). What one thing did you NOT know about him?
3) What is the greatest measure of a champion, be it athlete or otherwise? Do you think Ali lived up to this? Explain.
4) Go to Larry Holmes' official site www.larryholmes.com. What three facts did you uncover about Larry Holmes?
