Muhammad Ali · every age

What was Muhammad Ali doing at 12?

Champion at 22, stripped of it at 25, champion again at 32

1. c. 1954

   Started boxing at 12 over a stolen bike

   He told a police officer he would go after the thief. The officer told him to learn to fight first.

   Source: en.wikipedia.org

Portrait: Photo: Ira Rosenberg (1967), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons · source