Muhammad Ali born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on January 17, 1942. He changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 1964 after joining Nation of Islam.
The famous picture was taken on May 25, 1965, in the first round at One minute and 44 seconds by photographer Neil Leifer, Ali’s right fist connected with Liston’s chin and Liston went down. Leifer snapped the photo of the champ towering over his vanquished opponent and taunting him, “Get up and fight, sucker!”
In his autobiography, Ali states that he threw his Olympic gold medal into the Ohio River after he was refused service at a ‘whites-only’ restaurant, and fighting with a white gang.
Trough his entire career he won over 56 boxing matches, and 37 of them are K.O.
His daughter Laila Ali also became a boxer in 1999
