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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2016/sports2/06/04/muhammad-060416.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Boxing great Muhammad Ali poses for photographs during a news conference in Berlin. File Photo/Arnd Wiegmann, Reuters</div></figcaption></figure></div>LOS ANGELES, United States - The following is a list of key dates in the life and career of late boxing giant Muhammad Ali:Early life January 17, 1942: Cassius Marcellus Clay Junior born in Louisville, Kentucky.December 1954: In Clay&#x27;s ring debut as an 89-pound amateur, he takes a three-round split decision over Ronnie O&#x27;Keefe.1960s 1960: Wins Olympic light heavyweight (178-pound/80-kilo) title with victory over three-time European Champion Zbigniew Pietrzykowski of Poland in the final.October 29, 1960: Wins six-round decision over Tunney Hunsaker in his professional debut in LouisvilleFebruary 25, 1964: Upsets Sonny Liston to win the heavyweight world title.March 6, 1964: Embraces the Nation of Islam and takes the name Muhammad Ali.May 25, 1965: Knocks out Liston at 1:52 of the first round of their world championship rematch.May 8, 1967: Ali indicted in Houston, Texas, for refusing induction into the armed forces and is stripped of his boxing title.June 1967: Ali is convicted of draft dodging and sentenced to five years in prison, fined $10,000 and forced to surrender his passport.1970s February 3, 1970: Thwarted in efforts to resume his career, announces retirement.September 2, 1970: Returns to ring after absence of more than three years in exhibition bouts.October 26, 1970: Officially returns to the ring against Jerry Quarry in Atlanta, Georgia.December 30, 1970: Signs to meet Joe Frazier for the heavyweight title. Each fighter is to receive an unprecedented $2.5 million.March 8, 1971: Loses close 15-round decision to Frazier, his first professional defeat.June 28, 1971: US Supreme Court unanimously reverses Ali&#x27;s draft-dodging conviction.October 30, 1974: Regains the world heavyweight title with upset of previously unbeaten George Foreman on an eighth-round knockout in Kinshasa, Zaire.October 1, 1975: The &quot;Thrilla in Manila&quot;, an epic contest between Ali and Frazier ends when Frazier fails to answer bell for 15th round.October 1, 1976: Ali announces retirement for the second time, a decision he reversed two months later.February 15, 1978: Leon Spinks upsets Ali in 15 rounds to claim the world title.September 15, 1978: Ali becomes the first three-time heavyweight world champion with a victory over the out-of-shape Spinks.June 27, 1979: Announces retirement for the third time, saying, &quot;I&#x27;d be a fool to fight again.&quot;1980s April 28, 1980: Announces return bout with Larry Holmes for October 1980.June 1, 1980: British neurologist says Ali suffering from brain damage.October 2, 1980: Holmes pounds Ali for 10 rounds to win vacant heavyweight title.December 11, 1981: Beaten in 10 rounds by mediocre Trevor Berbick. Ali&#x27;s last pro fight. &quot;I feel 40 years old,&quot; Ali said. &quot;It&#x27;s the end.&quot;September 19, 1984: Undergoes tests that diagnose Parkinson&#x27;s disease.July 15, 1987: Ali&#x27;s Parkinson&#x27;s attributed to punishment received in the ring1990s July 19, 1996: Lights Olympic cauldron at opening of Atlanta Olympics to international acclaim.Post-2000 November 9, 2005: Then US president George W. Bush awards Ali the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America&#x27;s highest civilian honor.November 14, 2011: Attends funeral of rival heavyweight Joe Frazier in Philadelphia.June 3, 2016: Dies at age 74 after a long bout with Parkinson&#x27;s disease.<div>© 1994-2016 Agence France-Presse </div>

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