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In this 1954 file photo, boxer Cassius Clay is shown. Long before his dazzling footwork and punching prowess made him a three-time world heavyweight boxing champion known as Muhammad Ali, a young Cassius Clay honed his skills by sparring with neighborhood friends and running alongside the bus on the way to school. Muhammad Ali is turning 70, but the boxing great is still a "big kid" who enjoys his birthday parties, his wife said. Read the Associated Press story here. -
In this Sept. 3, 1960, file photo, Cassius Clay, right, 18-year-old from Louisville, Ky., throws a right at Tony Madigan of Australia, during the light heavyweight boxing semifinals at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome, Italy. Cassius Clay later changed his name to Muhammad Ali. -
In this Feb. 8, 1962, file photo, young heavyweight fighter Cassius Clay is seen with his trainer Angelo Dundee at City Parks Gym in New York. -
In this Nov. 15, 1962, file photo, young heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay points to a sign he wrote on a chalk board in his dressing room before his fight against Archie Moore in Los Angeles, predicting he'd knock Moore out in the fourth round, which he went on to do. The sign also predicts Clay will be the next champ via a knockout over Sonny Liston in eight rounds. He did it in seven rounds. -
In this Feb. 18, 1964, file photo, The Beatles, from left, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, take a fake blow from Cassius Clay while visiting the heavyweight contender at his training camp in Miami Beach, Fla. -
In this Feb. 25, 1964, file photo, Sonny Liston, right, lowers his head and works in close during the sixth round of heavyweight championship fight against Muhammad Ali in Miami Beach, Fla. -
In this March 1, 1964, file photo, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, right, is shown with black muslim leader Malcolm X outside the Trans-Lux Newsreel Theater in New York, after viewing the screening of a film about Ali's title fight with Sonny Liston. -
In this June 1, 1964, file photo, world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, wearing the Nigerian brown and white striped Agbada costume, shouts to the crowd of youngsters who met him on his arrival in Lagos, Nigeria. -
Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, then known as Cassius Clay, stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine. The bout lasted only one minute into the first round. -
Perspiration beads the face of world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali shown in training for his May 25, 1965 fight with Sonny Liston at Lewiston, Maine. -
Joe Frazier, left, battles Muhammad Ali in a match in 1971. Referee is Carlos Padilla Jr. -
FILE - In this file Feb. 16, 1970, file photo, Joe Frazier looks over the crumpling Jimmy Ellis, on canvas, after dropping him for the second time in fourth round of their title boxing match in New York. Referee Tony Perez, left, sends Frazier to a neutral corner. Frazier won when Ellis didn't come out for the fifth round. Frazier, the former heavyweight champion who handed Muhammad Ali his first defeat yet had to live forever in his shadow, has died after a brief final fight with liver cancer. He was 67. The family issued a release confirming the boxer's death on Monday night, Nov. 7, 2011. (AP Photo/File) -
In this 1971 file photo, Joe Frazier heads for a neutral corner, as a dazed Muhammad Ali struggles to stand during their heavyweight championship in New York City. -
This March 8, 1971, file photo, shows boxer Joe Frazier being directed to the ropes by referee Arthur Marcante after knocking down Muhammad Ali during the 15th round of the title bout at Madison Square Garden in New York. -
Joe Frazier dazes Muhammad Ali in 1971 at New York's Madison Square Garden during the "Fight of the Century." Frazier won a unanimous decision. -
Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali toys with the hair of sports commentator Howard Cosell before the start of Olympic boxing trials in West Point, N.Y. in this Aug. 7, 1972 file photo. -
In this Jan. 28, 1974, file photo, Muhammad Ali, left, and Joe Frazier fight in a 12-round non-title fight at Madison Square Garden in New York. -
Muhammad Ali throws a punch at Joe Frazier, right, during their bout at Madison Square Garden in New York, in this Jan. 28, 1974, file photo. -
In this Aug. 29, 1974, file photo, boxer Muhammad Ali makes a face during a press luncheon in New York, to promote the sale of tickets to Madison Square Garden where the battle against George Foreman in Zaire was shown in October on closed circuit television. -
Challenger Muhammad Ali watches as defending world champion George Foreman goes down to the canvas in the eighth round of their WBA/ WBC championship match in Kinshasa, Zaire, on Oct. 30, 1974. Foreman was counted out by the referee and Ali regained the world heavyweight crown by KO in the bout dubbed 'Rumble in the Jungle.' -
In this June 15, 1975, file photo, world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali shouts "Joe Bugner must go!" to Malaysian fans during a training session for his fight against Bugner in Kuala Lumpur. -
In this Oct. 1, 1975 file photo, a swollen right eye is apparent on Joe Frazier’s face as he is almost covered over by a towel in Manila, Philippines after losing by TKO in the 14th round to heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali at the Coliseum. -
In this Oct. 1, 1975 file photo, spray flies from the head of challenger Joe Frazier, left, as heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali connects with a right in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila, Philippines. -
At a dinner honoring the six "Outstanding Chicagoans of Today," boxing champ Muhammad Ali takes a playful poke at sportscaster Howard Cosell, as Ann Landers advises them to break it up Nov. 11, 1977, in Chicago. -
In this Sept. 14, 1978, file photo, Muhammad Ali shouts while someone holds a poster predicting his third coming following his last workout in New Orleans, before attempting to claim the heavyweight title for a third time, against Leon Spinks, at the Superdome. -
Muhammad Ali prepares for his Heavyweight Championship fight against Larry Holmes at Caesar's Palace. October 2, 1980 -
In this Dec. 12, 1981, file photo, Trevor Berbick, left, and Muhammad Ali seem to have an equal reach as they slug it out during a heavyweight boxing match on Dec. 12, 1981 in Nassau, Bahamas. -
Pope John Paul II looks on as Muhammad Ali, former heavyweight boxing champion, signs his autograph in Vatican City, in this June 6, 1982 file photo. -
Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, left, hugs sportscaster Howard Cosell in New York in this April 20, 1992 file photo. Cosell was one of the first sportscasters to acknowledge Muhammad Ali by his new name after he changed it from Cassius Clay. The sportscaster also stood up for Ali when the heavyweight champion refused to enter military service in the Vietnam War. -
Boxing legends, from left, Tommy Hearns, Marvin Hagler, Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya are all honored on stage during the taping of the Caesars Palace 30th Anniversary special in Las Vegas, Sunday, Sept, 29, 1996. -
In this Aug. 20, 1997 file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali kisses a Liberian orphan while residents cheer Ali's arrival at an orphanage for Liberian refugees in San Pedro, Ivory Coast. Ali and his entourage came on a goodwill visit to donate food, wheelchairs, and medicine after receiving a letter asking for help from the mission's organizer Sister M. Sponsa Beltran. -
Boxing great Muhammad Ali makes an apperance following the Mike Tyson and Francois Botha weigh in at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Thursday, Jan. 14, 1999. -
Former World Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali shows his empty hands, after performing a magic trick with a disappearing handkerchief , during a visit to Brixton, south London, Wednesday Feb.17, 1999. Ali toured the area to publicise appeals for western nations to write off third world debts. -
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, right, huddles with his friend Howard Bingham, while testifying on Capitol Hill Thursday April 22, 1999 before the Senate Commerce Committee hearing on boxing reform. Ali testified in support of legislation named for him that would impose regulation on professional boxing. -
Boxing great Muhammad Ali is flanked by former major leaguer Dave Winfield, left, and Bernard Kinsey as he arrives for an awards dinner in Orlando, Fla., Saturday, July 31, 1999. Ali was presented with an award at Florida A&M alumni's inaugural convention. -
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali blows a kiss after receiving Sports Illustrated's 20th Century Sportsman of the Century Award Thursday, Dec. 2, 1999, in New York. -
On October 23rd, 2000, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Muhammad Ali flex their muscles to raise money for Audemars Piguet's Time To Give auction at Christie's in New York City. -
Actor Will Smith, right, jokes around with boxing great Muhammad Ali before the start of the Shane Mosley-Oscar De La Hoya fight in Los Angeles Saturday, June 17, 2000. -
Boyd Tinsley, left, of the Dave Matthews Band shakes hands with boxing legend Muhammad Ali, right, as Dave Matthews, center, looks on Thursday, June 14, 2001, after a news conference in New York. Ali and the Dave Matthews Band were on hand to help MTV announce a scholarship fund for 5 young people who are leading the way in the fight against discrimination. -
Muhammad Ali, right, with his wife, Lonnie, left, throws a fake punch at photographers before heading into the premier benefit showing of the film "Ali" at the Uptown theater in Washington, Monday, Dec. 17, 2001. All the procedes of this benefit showing and four others across the states went to benefit the Muhammad Ali Center. -
Muhammad Ali is seen Saturday night, Jan. 12, 2002, at the taping of "Muhammad Ali's 60th Birthday Celebration". -
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, left, signs a replica of his star for the Hollywood Walk of Fame as Johnny Grant, honorary mayor of Hollywood, holds it up Friday, Jan. 11, 2002, in Los Angeles. -
Laila Ali poses with her father former boxing great Muhammad Ali after she beat Suzy Taylor to win the IBA Super Middleweight title Saturday, Aug. 17, 2002 at the Aladdin Hotel in Las Vegas. -
Former heavyweight boxing legend Muhammad Ali waves to the crowd below as his daughter IBA super middleweight champion Laila Ali, touches him after they unveiled a new giant three-paneled wallscape in the Harlem neighborhood of New York, Thursday, Feb. 5, 2004. -
Pictured in this February 14, 2004 file photo, Joe Frazier sits with Muhammad Ali at the NBA All-Star Game in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. -
American League manager Joe Torre, of the New York Yankees, chats with boxing great Muhammad Ali, right, prior to the start of the 2004 All-Star game in Houston Tuesday, July 13, 2004. At rear is San Francisco Giants' Barry Bonds. -
Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali and his daughter Hana Ali pose with their new book "The Soul Of A Butterfly" during a promotional book tour in Harlem, New York, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2004. -
Laila Ali-McClain cries as she presses her cheek against her father, Muhammad Ali, as the two share the stage at the Butterfly Ball, a tribute to the elder Ali, coinciding with Black History Month, Saturday, Feb., 26, 2005, in Atlanta. -
Boxing legend Muhammad Ali, left, and actress Carol Burnett pause while being presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Bush, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005 in Washington. The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the nation's highest civilian award, and recognizes exceptional meritorious service. -
President Bush shares a laugh with former boxer Muhammad Ali, center, and his wife Lonnie, left, after presenting him with the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2005 in Washington. -
In this Jan. 28, 2006, file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali gestures toward photographers in a hotel lobby in Davos, Switzerland. -
Muhammad Ali adjusts a New York Yankees cap given to him by Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter before the Red Sox faced the Yankees in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2009. -
Boxing great Muhammad Ali, left, poses with San Diego Padres' Tony Gywnn Jr. at the San Diego Padres spring training baseball facility Monday March 8, 2010, in Peoria, Az. -
Muhammad Ali attends Celebrity Fight Night XVI on March 20, 2010 at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge in Phoenix, Arizona. -
Former boxing champion Muhammad Ali leaves after a memorial service for boxing legend Joe Frazier at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Philadelphia. -
Former boxing great Muhammad Ali arrives for a memorial service for former heavyweight champion Joe Frazier at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Monday, Nov. 14, 2011, in Philadelphia. -
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Left to Right: Muhammad Ali, Bill Withers, and Don King. -
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