No other sport-person ever, in whatever field of sports, has brought the 'profoundly special' aura, finesse, glamour, politics of society, creativity, colour, brilliance, intelligence, pre-tournaments' followership & media headlines & reviews, sportpersonship, confidence, visibility & heartwarming, professionalism, intellectual and ideological expression, etc that Ali brought into sports.
Muhammed Ali born as Cassius Clay, known as little lip, a black militant nationalist recruited into the Nation of Islam in America by the legendary MALCOLM X, was a delight to all across the world, right from the day he signed a boxing match, it was headlines across the world till weeks after the match. The Ali footworks simutaneously with pyschological talks in every round & dancing round the ring to wear down his opponents is legendary & uniquely his invention into boxing.
