Muhammad Ali, the reigning world heavyweight boxing champion, entered the combative ring of politics and culture by refusing ...

Less well known today: in 1971, he almost fought Muhammad Ali. Ali had been forced out of boxing when he refused the draft during the height of the Vietnam War and coming back against Chamberlain ...

Widely regarded as the greatest heavyweight boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali was named ... he refused to be drafted during the Vietnam War, fighting a draft-dodging conviction all the way ...

Ali made nine successful defences of his crown before he was stripped of it in 1967 after he refused to participate in the ...

Students protesting the Vietnam War. Body-painted pedestrians gathered in Golden Gate Park. Muhammad Ali speaking out against the draft. A young, short-haired Carlos Santana playing guitar.

because of Muhammad Ali, himself a former champion. Ali had dominated the heavyweight division in the mid-1960s but was stripped of his title belts and banned from boxing after refusing to respond to ...

Muhammad Ali transcended boxing to ... carrying on his legacy. As the Vietnam War escalated in the 1960s, the United States ...

Muhammad Ali’s visit to Cedar Rapids in 1982 came about six months after his final fight, a loss to Trevor Berbick.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The late Muhammad Ali ‘s wife is ... to be drafted into the Army during the Vietnam War because of his Muslim beliefs. Lonnie Ali said the audio series will capture the ...