Muhammad Ali may have been the greatest fighter who ... toe with most anyone in a battle of words. Perhaps the verbal sparring partner who got the best out of him most often, though, was the ...

"Muhammad Ali pictures everywhere ... Organizers dubbed the 10 fight card the Rudell Stitch Classic. Stitch, a former sparing partner of Ali, was once ranked among the top welterweights in ...

Rahaman Ali, born Rudolph Arnett Clay, is the younger brother of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. Rahaman was born 18 months after Muhammad and was destined to live his life in The Greatest’s shadow.

Perhaps it was destiny that Muhammad Ali and the city of Houston would ... 1971 This contest between Ali and childhood friend and former sparring partner Jimmy Ellis was tabbed "The Inevitable ...

Two years prior, in 1974, Ali had beaten George Foreman to reclaim ... during his career and often being unable to afford sparring partners. August was expected to beat him comfortably as he ...

For five years, he served as the boxing legend and Houston native’s sparring partner ... that title during a famous 1974 match with Muhammad Ali, and his boxing career appeared to be over ...