Ali

In 1964, a brash young boxer named Cassius Clay defeats Sonny Liston to win the world heavyweight championship. He then converts to Islam and changes his name to Muhammad Ali. Ali becomes a symbol of black pride and anti-war sentiment, and his outspokenness makes him a controversial figure.

In 1967, Ali is drafted into the US Army to fight in the Vietnam War. However, he refuses to be inducted on religious grounds, and is stripped of his boxing license and heavyweight title. Ali is convicted of draft evasion and sentenced to five years in prison, but his conviction is overturned on appeal.

In 1971, Ali returns to the ring to fight Joe Frazier for the heavyweight title. The fight is billed as "The Fight of the Century" and is one of the most brutal and controversial fights in boxing history. Ali loses the fight, but he comes back stronger than ever.

In 1974, Ali fights George Foreman in the Rumble in the Jungle in Zaire. Foreman is the undefeated and undisputed heavyweight champion, but Ali uses his speed and cunning to defeat him in a stunning upset. Ali reclaims the heavyweight title and becomes a legend.

With wit and athletic genius, with defiant rage and inner grace, Muhammad Ali forever changed the American landscape. Fighting all comers, Ali took on the law, conventions, the status quo and the war -- as well as the fists in front of him. Ali both ignited and mirrored the conflicts of his time and ours to become one of the most admired fighters in the world. Forget, now, what you thought you knew.

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