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00:00Cassius Clay of Chicago
00:08This will be no contest
00:10This will be a total annihilation
00:12I'm the heavyweight champion of the world
00:14and I don't have to talk no more and say I'm the greatest
00:16because people tell me I'm the greatest
00:18Will your next fight be filled as Cassius Clay
00:21or as Muhammad Ali?
00:21Muhammad Ali
00:22Arrogant, boastful, sometimes hysterical
00:26Be ready because I'm coming to get you
00:28Why are you standing over?
00:30I'm trying to tell the bomb to get up and fight
00:32Why are you doing that?
00:36I believe they're going to stop it
00:38World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay
00:42refused to take the oath of induction into the army
00:44The black Muslim fighter
00:45who is also known as Muhammad Ali
00:48was immediately stripped of his title
00:49by the World Boxing Association
00:51Clay insisted that he is an ordained minister
00:54and should be exempt
00:55The champ is sincere in his religious beliefs
00:57He believes in his religion
00:58and his standards based solely on that
01:00I said, Mother, how come is everything white?
01:03I said, why is Jesus white with blonde and blue eyes?
01:07Why is the Lord's Supper all white man?
01:09The black man and the black woman
01:11should unite every good in them
01:14for the upliftment of the so-called American Negro
01:17One of the greatest athletes of all time
01:19Muhammad Ali produced some of America's
01:22most lasting sports memories
01:24From winning the gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics
01:28to carrying the Olympic torch at the 1996 Summer Olympics
01:32As the first three-time heavyweight boxing champion of the world
01:36he thrilled, entertained, and inspired us
01:39His deep commitment to equal justice and peace
01:43has touched people around the world
01:45As I said, Mother, how come is the Lord
01:46of the world
01:47As I said, Mother ė¬“ģ„œ
02:04God, who Jesus rich has been
02:08While She saw her
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