On this day in history in February 25, 1964, a guy named Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. who was born in Louisville, Kentucky made history at such a young age. On February 25, 1964, a crowd of 8,300 spectators gathered at the Convention Hall arena in Miami Beach to see if Cassius Clay, who was nicknamed the “Louisville Lip,” could put his money where his mouth was. At 22 years old Cassius Clay surprise million of people when he shocks the odds makers by take the title away from being the heavyweight boxing champion from the champ Sonny Liston in a seventh round technical knockout. Everyone expected Liston to win the fight because he had beaten the twice former champ Floyd Patterson in one round. In that fight he was at  8 to 1 favorite but Clay predicted his victory. This made his saying really famous “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee” by knock out Liston in the eighth round.Complaining of an injured shoulder was in the seventh round is what caused home to lose the fight. It failed to answer the seventh round bell. Then a few moments later we had a new heavyweight champion was proclaimed. Then later on he rejected the name originally given to his family by a slave owner and took the Muslim name of Muhammad Ali.
 Muhammad Ali became a great influence to them at that time. Then he would go on to become one of the 20th century’s greatest boxing figures. This also impacted my people because they wore able to witness how he was put in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Also because at the time back wore still treated unfairly he was able to light the Olympic flame at the opening ceremonies of the Summer Games in Atlanta, Georgia. However he also inspected his daughter Laila who started her boxing debut in 1999.
This also affects us because at a White House ceremony in November 2005 Ali was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. I was able to see the ceremony and be inspired. This made me want to be as great as he was. I wanted to fight like him. Also get all the awards and because better then him. It also affects us because he became part of our child hood.