At the age of twelve, Cassius’s most prized possession was his bike. One afternoon, he was riding his bike around town and parked it outside the Columbian gym. When he came outside his bike was no where to be found. Cassius ran inside crying, and told Joe Martin who was a police officer and a boxing trainer, that someone had stolen his bike. Cassius was furious and said “when I find out who did this I’m going to whoop them.” Joe laughed and said “you might should learn how to fight first.” Cassius agreed, and he soon would start training (Garret 8.).

Cassius started going to the gym on a daily basis and began to develop a real talent for the sport, as well as, a very cocky attitude. He would continue to train until he was eighteen years old. At this time, his coach Joe Martin thought he should compete. Clay though

The young boxer’s Olympic win, set the boxing trainers on a rampage. Clay got offers from all the top trainers around the area. Out of all the offers Clay decided to sign with the “Louisville Sponsoring Group,” which granted him a $10,000 check just for signing the deal. This group would also arrange his first couple of fights. Throughout the years Clay went through a few different trainers. Eventually, Clay found him a trainer whom he was pleased with. Clay decided to go with a man he met two years ago that went by the name Angelo Dundee. Clay won his first four fights under his new trainer (www.float-like-a-butterfly.ed). Clay had now convinced himself that he was ready to box the Heavyweight champion of the world, whom at the time was Sonny Liston.

One year and three months later, Ali and Liston would fight it out in the ring once more. This fight would only go 17 seconds in the first round. Ali threw a right cross which put Liston on his back. The fight was over; Ali would still remain the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Ali’s life was going great until 1967, when he was assigned to go to war. Ali refused to go and was fined $10,000 and even faced a five year jail sentence. The World Boxing Association was also forced to take his Heavyweight Championship title away, and banned him from boxing in several d

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