Tanzia: Mwanamasumbwi maarufu, Muhammad Ali afariki dunia akiwa na miaka 74

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Bingwa wa zamani wa dunia Muhammad Ali (74) amefariki huko Phoenix Arizona muda si mrefu uliopita.

Ali ambaye alikuwa akisumbuliwa na ugonjwa wa Parkinson tangu mwaka 1984, alilazwa hospitali hivi karibuni kwa matatizo ya upumuaji.

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Chanzo: CNN
Mapambano bora ya Muhammad Ali
 
Bondia wa Siku nyingi na Raia wa Marekani, Muhammad Ali amefariki akiwa na umri wa miaka 74 katika hospitali ya Phoenix katika jimbo la Arizona. Chanzo cha kifo chake ni matatizo ya upumuaji uliosababishwa na ugonjwa wa Parkinson. Ugonjwa huo aligunduliwa kuwa nao mwaka 1984.

Legend Mohamod Ali amekuwa mjumbe wa amani wa umoja wa mataifa, amewahi kwenda kuonana na Rais wa Iraq Sadam Hussein katika mazungumzo ya kuachiwa mateka wa Kimarekani lakini pia kwenda Afganistan kwa misheni hizo hizo za umoja wa mataifa.

Atakumbukwa kwa uhodari wake katika ndondi.
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Muhammad Ali has died at the age of 74, a family spokesman has said.

The former world heavyweight boxing champion, one of the world's best-known sportsmen, died at a hospital in the US city of Phoenix in Arizona state after being admitted on Thursday.

He was suffering from a respiratory illness, a condition that was complicated by Parkinson's disease.

The funeral will take place in Ali's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky, his family said in a statement.

Born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Ali shot to fame by winning light-heavyweight gold at the 1960 Rome Olympics.

Nicknamed "The Greatest", the American beat Sonny Liston in 1964 to win his first world title and became the first boxer to capture a world heavyweight title on three separate occasions.

He eventually retired in 1981, having won 56 of his 61 fights.

The former heavyweight champion was suffering from respiratory problems

Crowned "Sportsman of the Century" by Sports Illustrated and "Sports Personality of the Century" by the BBC, Ali was noted for his pre- and post-fight talk and bold fight predictions just as much as his boxing skills inside the ring.

But he was also a civil rights campaigner and poet who transcended the bounds of sport, race and nationality.

Asked how he would like to be remembered, he once said: "As a man who never sold out his people. But if that's too much, then just a good boxer. I won't even mind if you don't mention how pretty I was."

Ali turned professional immediately after the Rome Olympics and rose through the heavyweight ranks, delighting crowds with his showboating, shuffling feet and lightning reflexes.

British champion Henry Cooper came close to stopping Clay, as he was still known, when they met in a non-title bout in London in 1963.

Cooper floored the American with a left hook, but Clay picked himself up off the canvas and won the fight in the next round when a severe cut around Cooper's left eye forced the Englishman to retire.

In February the following year, Clay stunned the boxing world by winning his first world heavyweight title at the age of 22.

He predicted he would beat Liston, who had never lost, but few believed he could do it.

Yet, after six stunning rounds, Liston quit on his stool, unable to cope with his brash, young opponent.

At the time of his first fight with Liston, Clay was already involved with the Nation of Islam, a religious
movement whose stated goals were to improve the spiritual, mental, social, and economic condition of African
Americans in the United States.

But in contrast to the inclusive approach favoured by civil rights leaders like Dr Martin Luther King, the Nation of Islam called for separate black development and was treated by suspicion by the American public.

Ali eventually converted to Islam, ditching what he perceived was his "slave name" and becoming Cassius X and then Muhammad Ali.


Muhammad Ali: Boxing legend dies at age of 74 - BBC News
 
Itabidi achaguliwe mtu wa kukusanya Rambi Rambi na kuipeleka uko Arizona Marekani
 
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