Muhammad Ali
Zack Buzzard Buzzard 1
Professor Jeff Stumpo
English 112
21 March 2012
Muhammad Ali
The greatest boxer to have ever lived, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., was born a great man with a passion for the sport of boxing. Through all of his struggles in life, he had to find a way to solve them without much confrontation. At the time when Ali was growing up nobody could really help him as he set out on his own. Boxing was his passion and always would be.
Throughout Ali’s entire life, he had to focus on how to serve a purpose but not just by boxing, but also by teaching people to do the right thing.
Muhammad Ali was born on the 17 of January in the year 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ali grew up living a rough life and learning the hard way how society really was. He grew up in the south when it was going through one of its toughest times when segregation was a serious problem. The first time he became irritated was when he was a young, twelve year old boy who had his bike stolen. He mentioned that if he had caught the man who stole his bike he would kick his tail. That is when he met a cop by the name of Joe Martin who later in life would also become his initial first boxing trainer. After being in several fights as a young man, Ali came out very strong. He won his first fight by a split decision and soon after that he won his first tournament he boxed in. As he became more of an experienced boxer, he took his once dreams and pursued them by traveling all over the world to test his skills against some of the toughest boxers in the world. Ali became so good that he had made the Olympic boxing team. Ali was a very tough, young star. The team traveled to Rome where he had to face three fighters and win all three matches in order to advance to the championship round. Ali did so, and then he faced the greatest challenge yet in order to win the gold medal. Ali had shocked the world
Professor Jeff Stumpo
English 112
21 March 2012
Muhammad Ali
The greatest boxer to have ever lived, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., was born a great man with a passion for the sport of boxing. Through all of his struggles in life, he had to find a way to solve them without much confrontation. At the time when Ali was growing up nobody could really help him as he set out on his own. Boxing was his passion and always would be.
Throughout Ali’s entire life, he had to focus on how to serve a purpose but not just by boxing, but also by teaching people to do the right thing.
Muhammad Ali was born on the 17 of January in the year 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky.
Ali grew up living a rough life and learning the hard way how society really was. He grew up in the south when it was going through one of its toughest times when segregation was a serious problem. The first time he became irritated was when he was a young, twelve year old boy who had his bike stolen. He mentioned that if he had caught the man who stole his bike he would kick his tail. That is when he met a cop by the name of Joe Martin who later in life would also become his initial first boxing trainer. After being in several fights as a young man, Ali came out very strong. He won his first fight by a split decision and soon after that he won his first tournament he boxed in. As he became more of an experienced boxer, he took his once dreams and pursued them by traveling all over the world to test his skills against some of the toughest boxers in the world. Ali became so good that he had made the Olympic boxing team. Ali was a very tough, young star. The team traveled to Rome where he had to face three fighters and win all three matches in order to advance to the championship round. Ali did so, and then he faced the greatest challenge yet in order to win the gold medal. Ali had shocked the world
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