MUHAMMAD ALI, THE legendary boxer and sports personality, has passed away at age 74.
Below are a selection of pictures from throughout his life.
Then Cassius Clay, Ali happily shows off his Olympic gold medal on the streets of Rome in September 1960
He would return to the Olympic Games in 1996 to light the torch in Atlanta
Predicting the fate of Archie Moore in 1962
George Harrison gets it in the ear in ’64
Ahead of his first bout with Liston, Ali makes his prediction
The fight lasts seven rounds
Ali v Liston II was over in round one
In his prime
1967: Ali shares a joke with heavyweight contender Joe Frazier
The relationship would soon sour.
March ’67: Ali’s last fight before being denied a boxing license for over three years
Floyd Patterson had to wait seven years for his rematch and Ali became a notorious figure outside of the ring rather than in it
Ali waves solemnly at fans as as he arrives at the US Army induction centre in Houston to make an appeal
Ali attending an anti-war demonstration later in 1967
He even made it to Broadway
After returning to the ring in 1970, Ali could live the good life again
His father, Cassius Senior, is seated to his right.
Between then and 1975 Ali fought 22 fights including the Rumble in the Jungle…
… and three Titanic meetings with Joe Frazier
Who he taunted relentlessly.
“I’m the Greatest, I’m a bad man, and I’m pretty!”
October 1 1975: ‘The Thrilla in Manila’
Muhammad Ali fathered 7 daughters and 2 sons
With Maryum in 1975.
And professional boxer Laila Ali in 2005.
Ali raged against the dying of the light, bouncing back from a split decision loss against Leon Spinks to regain his WBA World Heavyweight title in 1978
The Spinks rematch was his final victory
Five weeks before his 40th birthday, Ali lost his final fight to Trevor Berbick in December 1981
In 1984 he was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease
And he met Joe Frazier later that year
We’ll miss you, Champ!
