Gallery: The Death of the Champ: Muhammad Ali, 1942 - 2016
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Muhammad Ali, circa 1964.
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Ali won gold in the light heavyweight boxing division at the 1960 Olympics in Rome.
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Ali during a bout with Charlie Powell in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1963. Ali won in three rounds.
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Ali in action against Sonny Liston in the World Heavyweight Title at Convention Hall in Miami, on February 25, 1964.
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Ali exulting in victory over Liston.
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Ali with Malcolm X in Harlem in 1964
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The Beatles paying a visit to one of Ali's training sessions in Miami in April 1964.
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Muhammad Ali as St. Sebastian for a 1968 cover of Esquire.
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Ali trains for his fight against Oscar Bonavena on December 7, 1970 in New York.
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Ali near his training center in Kinshasa, on October 19, 1974 , eleven days before the heavyweight world championship against George Foreman, known as the Rumble in the Jungle.
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Ali and Joe Frazier meet with Philippines President Ferdinand Marcos before the WBC/WBA Heavyweight Title fight — known as the Thrilla in Manila, in September 1975.
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Ali stands behind a podium in a stage costume as he performs an excerpt from 'Buck White' a Broadway musical in which he starred, on an episode of Ed Sullivan's 'Toast of the Town,' in New York, on January 18, 1970.
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Ali and Janet Evans carry the Olympic Flame at the Centennial Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, GA on July 19, 1996.
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President Bill Clinton shakes hands with Muhammad Ali after presenting the former heavyweight champ with the Presidential Citizens Medals at the White House in 2001.
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