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Muhammad Ali released a spoken word album titled I am the Greatest! in 1963 under his birth name, Cassius Clay. The album reached 102 in the charts in 1964. Ali won 56 out of 61 fights in his professional career and spoke out against the Vietnam War, resulting in the loss of his boxing license.
Famed boxer Muhammad Ali released a spoken word album in 1963 titled I am the Greatest!. The album was released under his birth name, Cassius Clay, and Ali was 21 when he recorded the album. The album eventually reached 102 in the charts in 1964. I am the Greatest was recorded primarily as a spoken word album with a laugh track and a bell used to show separate sequences.
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Kent Green is the only boxer to have knocked Ali out in an amateur fight.
In his professional boxing career, Ali participated in 61 total fights and won 56 – 37 were won by knockout.
Ali spoke out against the Vietnam War and refused to join the military. As a result he was stripped of his boxing license in several states and was unable to fight between 1967 and 1970.
