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Muhammad Ali - Coggle Diagram
Muhammad Ali
Life
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incident: he was stolen his bike when he was 12, in this respect his only 'wish' was to beat up the theft -> the reason he started amateur boxing when he was 12
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Raised in Louisville, Kentucky
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after withdrawal of his boxing titles and overturn of guiltyness, he retook his boxing career and got the titles back, but in his first fight against Joe Frazier he lost by knock out
was initially member of the Nation of Islam (NOI), but later denied the NOI and followed the Sunni Islam and supported racial integration (like Malcom X)
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Political activism, legacy
In 1967, he was found guilty of draft evasion and violating the Selective Service laws, thus he was ti be arrested for 5 years and his boxing titles were withdrawn
In 1966 he refused to be drafted into the US military during the Vietnam War, citing his religious beliefs and his opposition to the vietnam war
His local draft board rejected his application, since he was classified as a conscientious objector (which would mean that he'd have no 'reason' for his refuse of draft)
actions as a conscientious objector to the Vietnam War made him an icon for the larger counterculture generation
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the supreme court overturned his guiltyness in 1971, since the draft board gave no reason for the classification as a conscientious objector
He still remained free the next 3 years, while the review of the case by the Supreme Court was going on
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after being found guilty of draft evasion, his professional boxing title and licence got suspended