"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" — -- One of the greatest fighters in the history of boxing, three-time heavyweight champ Muhammad Ali charmed millions with his wit and confidence in ...

Muhammad Ali once joked that he should be a postage stamp because “that’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.” Now, the three-time heavyweight champion's quip is becoming reality. Widely regarded as ...

Muhammad Ali redefined heavyweight boxing—he broke every rule about how big men should fight. Across 21 years as a professional, Ali won 56 fights (37 by knockout) and lost only 5. Ali turned fights ...

As one of the most famous athletes of all time, Muhammad Ali is not only remembered for his skills as a boxer, but his decades of civil rights activism. The legacy of this icon, who lived from ...

Time zone by time zone, the people of the world awoke Saturday to the cold realization it would be the first day in 74 years without Muhammad Ali in their midst. Though it could not have been a ...

Zenos Frudakis stands beside his 10-foot-tall statue of Muhammad Ali at Laran Bronze Foundry in Chester, Pa. (Emma Lee/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and Delaware, what would ...

Muhammad Ali taunted opponents with razor-sharp rhymes, comical one-liners and the type of boxing braggadocio that both endeared him to and angered the masses. Ali was a loudmouth threat to the ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (Reuters) - Muhammad Ali was extolled on Friday as a boxer of incomparable grace, a magnetic entertainer and a man of conviction who gave a voice to the oppressed, as a two-day ...