Hello every one. This is one of the best contest i would love to participate. Talking about my favourite athlete, he isn't just good at sports or should i say athlete but also a perfect mentor for me towards his intetactions or dealings with humanity. He was a kind person towards his fellow humans and a legend in his field of sport.
My favourite athlete is MOHAMMED ALI.
Even thoughi never got to meet him, but if was to meet him in person i would have told him he really is a great legend and a good example for all humanity.
I would have loved to have a meal with him and ask him at the end of the meal he should train me to become a a great boxer like him self.

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A world class heavyweight boxing champion, who defended his title for 19 consecutive years. He was originally known as Cassius Marcellus clay jr. He was born in the year January 17,1942 in Louisville, Kentucky in the united states.
His father, Cassius Marcellus Clay, Sr., supported a wife and two sons by painting billboards and signs. His mother, Odessa Grady Clay, worked as a household domestic.

HIS BOXING CARRIER; When Clay was 12 years old, he took up boxing under a Louisville policeman Joe Martin.

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After advancing through the amateur ranks, he won a gold medal in the 175-pound division at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome and began a professional career under the Louisville Sponsoring Group, a community composed of 11 wealthy white men.
In his early years as a professional, Clay was more highly regarded for his charm and personality than for his ring skills. He sought to raise public interest in his fights by reading childlike poetry and spouting self-descriptive phrases such as “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” He told the world that he was “the Greatest,” and indeed he was.
Clay infuriated devotees of the sport as much as he impressed them. He held his hands unconventionally low, backed away from punches rather than bobbing and weaving out of danger, and appeared to lack true knockout power. Clay sometimes predicted the round in which he intended to knock out an opponent, and they grimaced when he did so and bragged about each new conquest.
On February 25, 1964, Clay challenged Sonny Liston for the heavyweight championship of the world. Liston was widely regarded as the most powerful fighter of his era. Clay was a decided underdog. But in one of the most stunning upsets in sports history, Liston retired to his corner after six rounds, and Clay became the new champion. Two days later Clay shocked the boxing establishment again by announcing that he had accepted the teachings of the Nation of Islam. On March 6, 1964, he took the name Muhammad Ali, which was given to him by his spiritual mentor, Elijah Muhammad.

For the next three years, Ali dominated boxing as thoroughly and magnificently as any fighter ever had. In a May 25, 1965, rematch against Liston, he emerged with a first-round knockout victory. Triumphs over Floyd Patterson, George Chuvalo, Henry Cooper, Brian London, and Karl Mildenberger followed. On November 14, 1966, Ali fought Cleveland Williams. Over the course of three rounds, Ali landed more than 100 punches, scored four knockdowns, and was hit a total of three times.