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Thursdayy, 17 January 2012
A look back at the life and career of Muhammad Ali as he celebrated his 70th birthday this week.
A look back at the life and career of Muhammad Ali as he celebrated his 70th birthday this week.
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The winners of the 1960 Olympic medals for light heavyweight boxing on the winners' podium at Rome -
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Ali fighting Henry Cooper at Wembley on 18 June 1963 -
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A "one round non-title fight" with 6 year old Patrick Power on 4 June 1963 -
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Ali flies around the ring after beating Sonny Liston in the seventh round of the World Heavyweight Title bout in Miami Beach - 27 February 1964 -
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Ali leaves the ring after the Liston fight -
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Floyd Patterson slumps to the canvas in the sixth - November 1965 -
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Pictured outside his West End Hotel during his stay in London to fight Henry Cooper in May 1966 -
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Ali lands a right to the head of Brian London during their World Heavyweight Title fight at Earls Court in London in 1966 -
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In a 1971 title fight at Madison Square Gardens, Ali goes down in the 15th round to a left hook from Joe Frazier -
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Ali v Cathal O'Shannon in an interview broadcast on 18 July 1972 -
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"Rumble in the Jungle" - Ali and titleholder George Foreman clash on 30 October 1974 in Kinshasa -
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Ali prepares to hit Hungarian-born Joe Bugner in their title fight at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur - 1975 -
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Muhammad Ali wins his third World Heavyweight Title against Leon Spinks on 15 September 1978 -
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Ali with his daughters Laila and Hanna at Grosvenor House in December 1978 -
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Muhammad Ali receives a birthday greeting from TV technician Maureen White as he leaves the Classic cinema in London's Haymarket in 1979 -
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Relaxing at home in 1980 -
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The Bosnia and Herzegovina ambassador to the UN thanks Muhamed Ali for supporting the predominantly Muslim republic in 1993 -
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Ali and George Foreman at the Academy awards in Los Angeles in 1997 -
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At a ceremony for the holy month of Ramadan in the Royal Palace in Rabat in Morocco - 1998 -
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Ali shakes hands with Tiger Woods as they arrive at Madison Square Garden in 2001 -
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Ali lights the first Olympic torch for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta in 2001 -
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Muhammad Ali attends a news conference at the National Press Club on 24 May 2011
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