BY LIAM FLANAGAN
Sting like a bee
Originally know as Cassius Clay
Now known by all as Muhammad Ali
A man from Louisville Kentucky
Nothing in common with chicken
More used to giving his opponents a lickin’!
An Olympic champion at the age of eighteen
A right hook so dangerous stepping into the ring could result in the loss of a spleen
Heavyweight champion of the world in 1964
A refusal to go to war in Vietnam causing a national uproar
A voice for civil liberties and human rights
Becoming more influential than any number of fights
On three occasions going toe to toe with Joe Frazier
Can be described as a real force of nature
Foreman took a tumble
In the Rumble in the Jungle
The only opponent unable to defeat
Parkinson’s which knocked you off your feet
Commonly known by most as The Greatest
A fighter, a wordsmith and an activist for equality
You have left behind you a legacy of goodness and quality
Deborah Horton Writing 