Muhammad Ali (Boxer) Height, Weight, Age, Biography, Wife & More

September 10, 2024

Bio
Real Name	Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.
Nickname	The Greatest, The People’s Champion and The Louisville Lip
Profession	American Professional Boxer
Physical Stats & More
Height	in centimeters- 191 cm in meters- 1.91 m in feet inches- 6’ 3”
Weight	in kilograms- 107 kg in pounds- 236 lbs
Body Measurements	– Chest: 44 Inches – Waist: 36 Inches – Biceps: 14 Inches
Eye Color	Black
Hair Color	Black
Boxing
Professional Debut	On 29 October 1960, against Tunney Hunsaker, which Ali won in 6 rounds.
Coach/Mentor	Angelo Dundee, Archie Moore and Joe Martin
Likes to fight against	Joe Frazier, George Foreman and Ken Norton
Records (main ones)	• Did 61 fights over a professional career of 21 years. • 56 career wins including 37 knockouts. • For 3 times, he was crowned World Heavyweight Champion. • He was the first Light-heavyweight Olympic gold medalist. • Did 31 fights in a winning streak before being beaten for first time by Joe Frazier.
Career Turning Point	When he surprizingly won the world heavyweight championship from Sonny Liston in 1964.
Personal Life
Date of Birth	17 January 1942
Date of Death	3 June 2016 (aged 74) Scottsdale, Arizona, U.S
Age (as in 2016)	74 Years
Birth Place	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
Zodiac sign/Sun sign	Capricorn
Nationality	American
Hometown	Louisville, Kentucky, U.S.
School	Louisville Central High School, Louisville
College	Not Known
Educational Qualification	Not Known
Family	Father– Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr.(Painter and musician) Mother– Odessa O’Grady Clay Brother– Rahman Ali (Boxer) Sisters– N/A
Religion	Islam
Hobbies	Work out and singing
Controversies	• In 1967, he refused to get recruited in the U.S. army and also disagreed with America’s involvement in the Vietnam War, as a result he was arrested, his boxing titles were taken and his boxing license was suspended. After it, he fought against it in U.S Supreme Court and in 1971 his conviction was overturned. • He publicly said that Minister Malcolm X was killed in 1965 at the orders of NOI leader Elijah Muhammad, got what he deserved.
Favorite Things
Favorite Boxer	Jack Johnson
Favorite Food	Macaroni with cheese, baked chicken and spinach
Favorite Film	Shane
Girls, Family & More
Marital Status	Married
Affairs/Girlfriends	Sonji Roi, Belinda Boyd, Veronica Porsche Ali and Yolonda Williams
Wife	Sonji Roi (1964–1966) Belinda Boyd (1967–1976) Veronica Porsche Ali (1977–1986) Yolonda Williams (1986–2016)
Children	Daughter(s)– Laila Ali, Rasheda Ali, Hana Ali, Maryum Ali, Jamillah Ali, Khaliah Ali, Miya Ali Son(s)– Asaad Amin and Muhammad Ali Jr.
Money Factor
Salary	$3-5 million/fight
Net Worth	$80 million

Some lesser known facts about Muhammad Ali

Did Muhammad Ali smoke?: Not Known

Did Muhammad Ali drink alcohol?: Yes

Ali got inclined towards boxing after his bike was stolen from the Columbia Auditorium in 1954. It made him angry, after which he met a cop (Joe Martin) and told him that he wanted to punch the thief, co-incidentally the cop was a boxing trainer, who saw the fire in him and directed his aggression towards boxing.

He used to practice by asking his mates to throw rocks at him.

He won the gold medal in the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, but suffered from racial comment after it, as when he visited a restaurant in Kentucky with the Gold medal around his neck. The waitress told him, “Sorry, we don’t serve Negroes”. After which he replied “Well that’s okay- don’t eat ’em either.” After this incident he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River.

In 1964, he won his first heavyweight championship against Sonny Liston by knockout.

Malcolm X, a spiritual and political leader had a great impact on him. And as a result, he converted to Islam in 1965 by saying that “Cassius Clay is a slave name. I didn’t choose it and I don’t want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name – it means beloved of God, and I insist people use it when people speak to me.”

In 1971, he suffered his first defeat against heavyweight champion Joe Frazier, which was called as The Fight of the Century.

In his last fight in 1981, the Drama in the Bahamas, he lost to Trevor Berbick after 10 rounds.

In 1981, when he was walking on a street in Los Angeles, he saw a 21 year old guy who was trying to attempt suicide. And without any hesitation, he went to the building to offer some help to the police. When Ali reached near the guy, he was shocked to see him, after which Ali talked to him for around 30 minutes and shared his difficult times, as are result he saved him from doing suicide and promised to help him.
When Saddam Hossein kept 2,000 foreigners as hostages in 1990, Ali went to Baghdad to meet Hossein to influence him to negotiate, and as a result he released 15 Americans.

In 1999, he was honoured as the Sportsman of the Century.

He has his wax statue in the famous Madame Tussauds.

He married 4 times in his life span, but had a complicated family life .

He suffered from Parkinson’s disease for around 32 years.

He was only closer to few among his 9 children.

Though he was against female boxing, but despite that his 2nd daughter Laila Ali became a boxer in 1999, and till 2014 she was undefeated in the super middleweight category with 24 wins.