Muhammad Ali redefined heavyweight boxing—he broke every rule about how big men should fight. Across 21 years as a professional, Ali won 56 fights (37 by knockout) and lost only 5. Ali turned fights ...

Fifty years ago, Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier delivered one of the greatest fights boxing has ever seen. They went 14 rounds, trading bludgeonings for nearly 45 minutes before Ali emerged victorious.

* Sept. 5, 1960 - Wins the Olympic light-heavyweight gold medal in Rome in a unanimous decision over Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland. * Oct. 29, 1960 - Makes his professional debut in his hometown of ...

On this day in 1967, at the huge Astrodome in Houston, Texas, world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali engaged in one of the more controversial fights of his ...

There has never been anybody in the history of boxing quite like Muhammad Ali. To earn nicknames like “The Greatest” and “The People’s Champion”, you have to be something special, and Ali was.