Gallery: Muhammad Ali

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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.










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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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