Okocha, Kaka mourn boxing legend Ali
Super Eagles legend Austin Okocha and Brazil super star Ricardo Kaka have joined the rest of football greats around the world to pay tribute to the Late boxing legend Muhammad Ali.
The Greatest boxer of all time lost a final fight with Parkinson’s aged 74 in hospital in Arizona, USA, with his fourth wife Yolanda and his seven daughters and two sons at his bedside.
The fighter, who changed his name from Cassius Clay in 1964 after becoming a Muslim and joining the Nation of Islam, had suffered from Parkinson’s disease for more than 30 years.
One of his last public appearances was at the London Olympics in July 2012, where — supported by Lonnie — he helped carry the Olympic flag.
Earlier this year he was too ill to attend the opening of an exhibition of his life at the O2 in London.
Born on January 17, 1942, Ali began his professional boxing career at the age of 18 winning his first bout in a unanimous decision in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
And for the next 21 years the fighter known as the Louisville Lip dominated the world of boxing.
The Greatest boxer of all time lost a final fight with Parkinson’s aged 74 in hospital in Arizona, USA, with his fourth wife Yolanda and his seven daughters and two sons at his bedside.
The fighter, who changed his name from Cassius Clay in 1964 after becoming a Muslim and joining the Nation of Islam, had suffered from Parkinson’s disease for more than 30 years.
One of his last public appearances was at the London Olympics in July 2012, where — supported by Lonnie — he helped carry the Olympic flag.
Earlier this year he was too ill to attend the opening of an exhibition of his life at the O2 in London.
Born on January 17, 1942, Ali began his professional boxing career at the age of 18 winning his first bout in a unanimous decision in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.
And for the next 21 years the fighter known as the Louisville Lip dominated the world of boxing.
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