Muhammad Ali

Muhammad Ali speaks to the BBC about George Foreman's strengths and weaknesses ahead of the much anticipated Rumble in the Jungle fight.

Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay) reflects on his boxing ambitions. Harry Carpenter talks about Ali's early life growing up in Louisville, Kentucky.

Muhammad Ali (then known as Cassius Clay) fights Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight championship of the world for the first time.

Muhammad Ali is awarded the accolade of BBC Sports Personality of the Century in front of a standing ovation.

A shocking BBC News report in which Muhammad Ali appears much altered, lacking his former physical strength.

Muhammad Ali rebuffs claims that he is to retire from professional boxing.

Commentator Harry Carpenter presents the BBC screening of the legendary Fight of the Century between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, 1971.

In 1967 Muhammad Ali was drafted into the US Army for service in the Vietnam War. He refused to go on religious grounds, which forbade him from entering into combat.

Cassius Clay announces that is he taking the new name Muhammad Ali, given to him by his religious leader Elijah Muhammad, rejecting Cassius Clay as a “slave name”.

Muhammad Ali talks to Harry Carpenter about how he got into boxing after meeting Joe Martin a Louisville policeman and boxing trainer.

The "Thrilla in Manila" Muhammad Ali's epic 14 round fight against Joe Frazier in 1975 is considered one of the greatest bouts in boxing history and for Ali was "the closest to death he'd ever been".