To become a world champion requires a fighter to believe he or she is the greatest. No man embodied this better than Muhammad ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier fought the “Thrilla in Manila,” still considered the greatest and ...

Late in life, Muhammad Ali spoke more openly about the fighters who shaped him. Some earned his admiration. Others genuinely ...

Muhammad Ali was just barely into his 40s and still pretty freshly retired for good. He was having dinner one evening with a writer who couldn’t help but notice the way the chicken leg trembled in his ...

The air sat still and sticky. Body heat from some 28,000 spectators at the Philippine Coliseum brought Manila’s midmorning temperature to a boiling point. Breathing felt like sipping warm water. An ...

45 years ago, Larry Holmes beat up his hero. A fight which sickened those watching on who loved his hero too. Muhammad Ali reached into his deep reserves of magic and found there were no more miracles ...

Muhammad Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world, died Friday of septic shock due to unspecified natural ...

Ali couldn’t fulfill that goal because Parkinson’s robbed him of his speech. It took such a toll on his body that the sight of him in his later years — trembling, his face frozen, the man who invented ...

Muhammad Ali took up boxing at the age of 12 after his bicycle was stolen, an incident that brought him to Louisville police ...

LOUISVILLE, Kentucky — Rahaman Ali, born Rudolph Arnett Clay and the younger brother of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, died Friday at age 82 in Louisville, Kentucky, the Muhammad Ali Center announced. A ...

Once all the papers were signed and the fight was officially on, Muhammad Ali knew exactly what to do. The master quipster, fight-promoting wizard and most famous and outrageous boxer in the world — ...