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Muhammad Ali's Early Life
Have you ever thought about being a professional boxer? Muhammad Ali was a boxer who accomplished many things throughout his life. He was a very strong and competitive person. Ali fought 61 fights, he won 56 and lost 5 fights. Muhammad Ali says, “I hated every minute of training, but I said, 'Don't quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion”. Muhammad Ali was an athlete who faced many challenges.

To begin, one challenge for Ali was his religion. Ali was apart of Islam a religion of peace. Islam doesn’t approve terrorism or the killing of people. He joined the Black Muslim group of islam in 1964. Muhammad Ali spent 15 years as a Black Muslim. His mother raised him as a baptist although he converted to Islam, he still

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