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Add to Lightbox DownloadJune 3, 2016 - File - MUHAMMAD ALI, the three time heavyweight boxing champion, has died at the age of 74. He had been fighting a respiratory illness. 'The Greatest' was the dominant heavyweight boxer of the 1960s and 1970s, Ali won an Olympic gold medal in Rome in 1960, captured the professional world heavyweight championship on three separate occasions, and successfully defended his title 19 times. PICTURED: Mar 01, 1998 - Miami, FL, U.S. - US boxer MUHAMMAD ALI (born Cassius Marcus Clay on January 17, 1942 in Louisville, Kentucky) won his first heavyweight title in 1964. After being stripped of his title for refusing to join the armed forces, his title was regained after defeating former champion J. Frazier and then-champion G. Foreman in 1974. Title was regained after a loss to Leon Sprinks in 1978. (Credit Image: © David Jacobs/ZUMA Press)
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