04/06/2016

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:00:10. > :00:14.Hi, I'm Ricky and this is your Saturday morning Newsround.

:00:15. > :00:16.But first, one sports greatest superstars

:00:17. > :00:21.The boxer was famous around the world, but not

:00:22. > :00:25.We've been taking a look back at his life and why

:00:26. > :00:41.I want everyone out there to know this, I am the greatest. Muhammad

:00:42. > :00:45.Ali, the world most famous boxer. Born with a different name, Cassius

:00:46. > :00:51.Clay, in Kentucky in America in 1942. He first achieved fame when he

:00:52. > :00:59.won gold at the Rome Olympics in 1960. He was famous for the way he

:01:00. > :01:04.talked and the things he said. He has never been stopped. He won his

:01:05. > :01:11.first world heavyweight title at the age of just 22. But Muhammad Ali was

:01:12. > :01:13.more than just a boxer. He campaigned for civil rights at a

:01:14. > :01:18.time when black people in America are treated differently. The books

:01:19. > :01:24.are converted to Islam and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. He spoke

:01:25. > :01:29.out about racism and the world listened. One of his most famous

:01:30. > :01:38.fight was nicknamed the Rumble in the jungle. It took place in 1974

:01:39. > :01:44.against George Foreman. If you think that, wait until I get George

:01:45. > :01:52.Foreman. He is ugly and I am the true champion. Muhammad Ali on the

:01:53. > :01:58.fight. He just beat himself out. He was so tired he just fell on the

:01:59. > :02:04.ropes. I said, man, this is the wrong place to get tired! In 1984.

:02:05. > :02:09.He became unwell. He was diagnosed with Parkinson's. It made life

:02:10. > :02:18.difficult for the boxer but he didn't give up. In 1999, Muhammad

:02:19. > :02:21.Ali won the BBC sports personality of the century. He got more votes

:02:22. > :02:30.than the rest of the contenders had together. I had a good time boxing.

:02:31. > :02:33.I enjoyed it and I may come back! He is known all over the world and will

:02:34. > :02:36.be remembered for being the greatest. I am the king of the

:02:37. > :02:37.world. Sport now and Andy Murray

:02:38. > :02:40.is through the final of He played well beating

:02:41. > :02:43.the defending champion If he wins the final,

:02:44. > :02:47.he will be the first British man to win the French open since 1937,

:02:48. > :02:51.but he'll have to get past world number one Novak Djokovich

:02:52. > :02:54.in the final on Sunday to do so.