The Dhaka Times Desk There is no end to the information about the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali who has surpassed the world. The biography of this legend who rose to the top of fame has a huge scope. This report contains some unknown information.
The world mourned the death of the greatest boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali. There are many unknown facts about his life. Today's report is about them.
According to a CNN report, there is not much information about the three-time heavyweight champion and Olympic gold medalist that has not been written. People all over the world go to his past history. However, some things unknown to many have been highlighted.
In 2006, Muhammad Ali took a picture with his book 'The Greatest of All Time' at the Frankfurt Book Fair.
Changed name several times
It is well known that Muhammad Ali took the name Muhammad Ali from Kentucky youth Cassius Clay after converting to Islam in the 1960s.
'However, very few people know that his name was first changed to Cassius X'.
According to the information he provided, he changed his name on the morning of February 26, 1964, the day after he defeated heavyweight champion Sunny Liston. Two weeks later on March 6, he announced that religious and political leader Elijah Muhammad had given him the new name 'Muhammad Ali'.
According to reports, he took the name Cassius X after anti-apartheid leader Malcolm X.
Muhammad Ali and Pope John Paul II also signed autographs after the meeting at the Vatican.
On April 28, 1967, Muhammad Ali was stripped of his title for refusing to join the United States Army.
Muhammad Ali gave religious reasons for not joining the army at the time. Muhammad Ali had close contact with radical African American Islamists from a young age. Later he turned towards mysticism.
Miller, the author of 'Approaching Ali' published at the end of 2015, said, 'Ali declared himself a Sufi around 2005. Muhammad Ali says that Sufism is the most common of all the sects of Islam.
Ali returned to action after a 3 year and 7 month exile for refusing to join the army with a fight against heavyweight champion rival Jerry Quarry.
Muhammad Ali made a successful comeback at that time. But to participate in that competition, he has to face another fight.
After Muhammad Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984 at the age of 42, he adopted new techniques to communicate with others.
'He communicated through hand and finger gestures, facial expressions, eye gestures to express his feelings.'
At that time he used to startle the visitors by making noises with his thumb. In addition to tickling while shaking hands, he used to tickle almost everyone in various ways. Again, even if he could walk, he often sat in a wheelchair or an easy chair.
There are many such stories in the biography of Muhammad Ali, the best boxer legend of all time.
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