:00:00. > :00:07.Tributes are paid around the world to Muhammad Ali,
:00:08. > :00:15.I'll whip any man in the world and I want everybody out
:00:16. > :00:24.The way he moved - the speed, the grace, the power -
:00:25. > :00:29.The Kentucky boy rose from humble beginnings to become three-time
:00:30. > :00:36.Politically, he was controversial because of his conversion to Islam,
:00:37. > :00:38.his stand on civil rights and his refusal to fight
:00:39. > :00:45.Later, he won global respect for his humanitarian work,
:00:46. > :00:46.but was increasingly frail after a long battle
:00:47. > :01:14.Tributes have been paid around the world to Muhammad Ali,
:01:15. > :01:21.Outspoken, but rarely outfought, Ali transcended the sport of boxing,
:01:22. > :01:24.of which he was three times World Champion.
:01:25. > :01:26.He was politically controversial, dividing opinion after converting
:01:27. > :01:29.to Islam and refusing to fight in Vietnam.
:01:30. > :01:41.Today, his sporting and humanitarian legacies were acknowledged.
:01:42. > :01:44.President Obama paid tribute saying - "he shook up the world,
:01:45. > :01:48.Our North America editor, Jon Sopel, is live from his
:01:49. > :01:54.Thank you very much. Yes, here in Louisville thereby has been a steady
:01:55. > :01:58.procession of people coming to pay their respects. Coming to lay
:01:59. > :02:02.flowers spanning all the generations. On Wednesday the city
:02:03. > :02:06.will play host to a funeral in which people are expected to fly in from
:02:07. > :02:11.across the country and around the world. In the last couple of hours,
:02:12. > :02:15.Barack Obama has spoken to Muhammad Ali's widow to express his and the
:02:16. > :02:25.nations donds. Condolences. If you could bring ballet
:02:26. > :02:28.to boxing, beauty to brawn, But amidst all the fooling around,
:02:29. > :02:32.there was a hugely articulate, deeply political individual
:02:33. > :02:34.with an acute sense of injustice. The global superstar wading into two
:02:35. > :02:37.of America's most divisive issues of the 1960s -
:02:38. > :02:39.the civil rights struggle Cassius Clay, Muhammad Ali, refused
:02:40. > :02:43.to take the American Army oath. I will say directly,
:02:44. > :02:46.no, I will not go 10,000 miles The hero boxer became reviled
:02:47. > :02:57.by the establishment and revered by black America
:02:58. > :03:01.fighting for a better life. Those who were part of that civil
:03:02. > :03:03.rights struggle paid Ali lived long enough to see those
:03:04. > :03:12.that condemn him praise him. Those that repudiate him
:03:13. > :03:16.lift him up. Ali didn't change,
:03:17. > :03:19.he changed the world Sacrificed his career for principles
:03:20. > :03:32.and anti-war profit. Those of you of a certain age may
:03:33. > :03:39.remember watching Muhammad Ali dealing with his
:03:40. > :03:42.Parkinson's disease. Once the most graceful,
:03:43. > :03:45.powerful athlete in the world with his hands shaking,
:03:46. > :03:49.holding on and he did his job. Who he was as a person was greater
:03:50. > :03:52.than his legend, which should be From President Obama, a tweet
:03:53. > :04:01.of this old photo with the caption - "He shook up the world,
:04:02. > :04:04.and the world's better for it. But it's not just the good
:04:05. > :04:10.and the great remembering him. In the street where he grew up,
:04:11. > :04:14.I spoke to some of the neighbours My family lived in the house next
:04:15. > :04:21.door and he babysat me He stung like a bee
:04:22. > :04:28.and he was a good fighter and he fought all the way to the end,
:04:29. > :04:30.even through his illness. The reach of Muhammad Ali went way
:04:31. > :04:45.beyond sport and reaches beyond Jon Sopel, BBC News,
:04:46. > :05:00.Louisville, Kentucky. Among the many tributes was one
:05:01. > :05:03.from Muhammad Ali's great boxing rival, George Foreman,
:05:04. > :05:05.who told the BBC he felt he's Our sports editor, Dan Roan,
:05:06. > :05:09.looks back at the extraordinary I'll whip any man in the world
:05:10. > :05:15.and I want everybody out Muhammad Ali simply
:05:16. > :05:21.voiced his own punchlines. He could tell you he'd float
:05:22. > :05:23.like a butterfly and sting like a bee,
:05:24. > :05:29.and then he'd do it. COMMENTATOR: He's got him.
:05:30. > :05:31.Fourth time. With a speed time and agility never
:05:32. > :05:34.before seen in a heavyweight boxer, Ali was a genius in the ring
:05:35. > :05:38.and a cultural icon out of it. His charisma and his beliefs
:05:39. > :05:40.establishing him as a true superstar Born Cassius Clay,
:05:41. > :05:47.in Lousiville Kentucky in 1942, he first achieved fame when he won
:05:48. > :05:51.Gold at the Rome Olympics in 1960. Three years later, he was famously
:05:52. > :05:54.floored by a left hook Cooper stole the moment,
:05:55. > :06:01.but he lost the fight. Clay was left with a shot
:06:02. > :06:04.at the world title, held by the fiercesome Sonny Liston,
:06:05. > :06:07.a fighter considered invincible. The rank outsider first
:06:08. > :06:10.mocked his opponent An outspoken force of nature,
:06:11. > :06:20.his brash, boastful antics could be divisive, but the so-called
:06:21. > :06:22.'Louisville Lip' was a blisteringly He converted to Islam,
:06:23. > :06:26.swearing allegiance REPORTER: Why do you insist
:06:27. > :06:30.on being called Muhammad Ali now? That's the name given to me
:06:31. > :06:33.by my leader and teacher, My original name, that's
:06:34. > :06:36.a black man's name. His opposition to the Vietnam War
:06:37. > :06:41.saw him vilified as much He was stripped of his title
:06:42. > :06:47.and sentenced to five years in jail. This was quashed on appeal, but Ali
:06:48. > :06:51.was refused a licence to box. In his prime, his beliefs had
:06:52. > :06:53.cost him more than three In the 1970s, Ali made some
:06:54. > :06:58.memorable appearances on Sir Michael He's without doubt the most
:06:59. > :07:02.beautiful and complete To others he's a political leader,
:07:03. > :07:07.a figurehead in the battle between black-and-white and yet
:07:08. > :07:10.to more people, who care little about sport and even
:07:11. > :07:12.less about politics, he's one of the world's
:07:13. > :07:13.great entertainers. He revealed his showmanship
:07:14. > :07:19.and taste for publicity were inspired by an American
:07:20. > :07:25.wrestler, called Gorgeous George. When I saw all of those people
:07:26. > :07:28.coming to see Gorgeous George to get That's the thing, they paid
:07:29. > :07:32.to get in! If you talk jive,
:07:33. > :07:46.you'll fall in fire. They said, "the not or
:07:47. > :07:53.talks too much." I admired him and he had faults,
:07:54. > :07:58.of His memory will live on for the rest
:07:59. > :08:09.of time, I suppose. If one fight defined Ali,
:08:10. > :08:12.it was in Zaire in 1974, his epic battle against
:08:13. > :08:14.the mountainous George Foreman, I'm going to prove to
:08:15. > :08:19.you I'm The Greatest. We're going to prove
:08:20. > :08:21.to the world I'm The Greatest. I'm going to eat some raw meat
:08:22. > :08:29.and I'm going to train. I'm going to get ready
:08:30. > :08:34.and chop some more trees. Ali won after deliberately absorbing
:08:35. > :08:37.punches and exhausting his opponent. COMMENTATOR: Oh, my God he's won
:08:38. > :08:41.the title back at 32. He was so tired, he was praying
:08:42. > :08:47.to just falling on the ropes. I said, "man, this is the wrong
:08:48. > :08:50.place to get tired." Muhammad Ali was probably one
:08:51. > :08:53.of the greatest human Ali predicted Zaire would be his
:08:54. > :09:02.last fight, but carried His bitter feud with arch-rival,
:09:03. > :09:08.Joe Frazier, culminating in their third and final bout,
:09:09. > :09:15.the Thrilla in Manila. When it came to a vote
:09:16. > :09:17.for Sports Personality of the Century,
:09:18. > :09:18.there was no contest. Even while his body was failing him,
:09:19. > :09:22.the famous wit still sparkled. I had a good time boxing,
:09:23. > :09:27.I enjoyed it and I may come back! Go anywhere in the world and people
:09:28. > :09:31.know about Muhammad Ali. His impact as much about race,
:09:32. > :09:33.religion and society To use his words,
:09:34. > :09:41.he was The Greatest. Though he was born and raised
:09:42. > :09:58.in Louisville, Kentucky, New York was the place where Ali
:09:59. > :10:01.trained and where he fought some Our correspondent, Nick Bryant,
:10:02. > :10:05.has been talking to some of New York's most famous
:10:06. > :10:17.boxing gym also doubled He trained at Gleeson's in the 1960s
:10:18. > :10:23.where his supersize charisma made him an electrifying presence,
:10:24. > :10:26.but it's not just as a megastar that they remember him here,
:10:27. > :10:30.it's also as a friend. He'd give you the shirt
:10:31. > :10:32.off his back. He would not only stop and talk
:10:33. > :10:42.to the guy who is standing in the corner with the suit and tie
:10:43. > :10:46.on, he'll talk to the bum that's lying on the ground,
:10:47. > :10:48.half drunk or half dead. You know, you start talking
:10:49. > :10:52.to him, he'll talk to you. One thing about Muhammad,
:10:53. > :10:55.he loved to talk. There are two things that are hard
:10:56. > :10:58.to hit and see, that's the spooky ghost
:10:59. > :11:00.and Muhammad Ali. People would queue up even to watch
:11:01. > :11:06.Ali train and at a time when boxing was in danger of being relegated
:11:07. > :11:12.to a backs street sport, It wasn't about the money
:11:13. > :11:16.or the fame... His star power could
:11:17. > :11:18.fill arenas the size of Madison Square Garden 100 times
:11:19. > :11:21.over, but it was the intimacy that photographer
:11:22. > :11:23.Michael Gaffney recalls. He spent a year on the road with Ali
:11:24. > :11:27.in the late 1970s and has special memories of a trip to South America
:11:28. > :11:30.where Ali toured hospitals filled with polio victims and lent
:11:31. > :11:34.a helping hand to the poor. Every day that we were there,
:11:35. > :11:37.there were beggars lined up I said, "Champ...
:11:38. > :11:58.why are you doing that?" He said, "because $100
:11:59. > :12:05.here is worth $10,000 at home." Champion, superstar, icon,
:12:06. > :12:12.the superlatives seem inadequate, but his own famous boast also
:12:13. > :12:16.serves as an epitaph. He was, quite simply,
:12:17. > :12:23.The Greatest. As we've been hearing,
:12:24. > :12:25.Ali was a prominent figure both In the 1960's he became a leading
:12:26. > :12:31.civil rights activist and his influence on racial equality
:12:32. > :12:35.was felt far beyond the United States,
:12:36. > :12:38.as Elaine Dunkley now reports. NEWS REEL: The colour bar,
:12:39. > :12:39.officially unrecognised Britain in the 1960s
:12:40. > :12:43.was deeply divided. A colour bar meant new arrivals
:12:44. > :12:46.from the Commonwealth It was to America that black Britons
:12:47. > :12:53.would look for cultural icons and they didn't come much
:12:54. > :12:58.bigger than Muhammad Ali. The black man has been brainwashed
:12:59. > :13:01.and it's time for him to learn Someone like Muhammad Ali came
:13:02. > :13:08.on the scene, you know, he made us feel so good,
:13:09. > :13:10.as young people. He was of great significance
:13:11. > :13:13.for someone like myself, who was involved in radical
:13:14. > :13:17.and revolutionary politics. In 1963, activist Paul Stephenson
:13:18. > :13:24.successfully led a campaign to boycott a bus company in Bristol
:13:25. > :13:29.which was refusing to employ black The fight for racial equality
:13:30. > :13:33.was the making of a friendship He wanted to see England follow
:13:34. > :13:46.America in civil rights. We spoke about how we can deal
:13:47. > :13:50.with racism and how he could be used In 1974, Muhammad Ali's
:13:51. > :13:56.visit to Brixton brought Photographer, Neil Kenlock,
:13:57. > :14:03.caught on camera pivotal moments You know, it was just fantastic
:14:04. > :14:08.that he decided to leave America to come to Brixton
:14:09. > :14:14.to support our community, You know, he was an incredible
:14:15. > :14:26.person. Muhammad Ali will be remembered
:14:27. > :14:29.as one of the greatest boxers of all-time,
:14:30. > :14:31.but to many his greatest legacy Now to some of the rest
:14:32. > :14:43.of the day's news. Lord Kinnock said today
:14:44. > :14:46.that the Leave campaign could win the European Union referendum
:14:47. > :14:49."by default" if turnout was low. Along with five other
:14:50. > :14:51.former Labour leaders, he warned a Brexit will happen
:14:52. > :14:56.if Labour voters stayed at home. Elsewhere, Leave campaigners
:14:57. > :14:59.promised more money for public services and control over
:15:00. > :15:03.immigration outside the EU. Here's our political
:15:04. > :15:05.correspondent, Alex Forsyth. Well, last time I was campaigning
:15:06. > :15:08.with you I was about that A better result would be a win
:15:09. > :15:14.and that's what the Remain campaign wants, but to do that they must get
:15:15. > :15:17.Labour voters on board, so they're rolling out the big
:15:18. > :15:20.beasts to win them over. I hope people use their vote
:15:21. > :15:27.to avoid the risk of losing Neil Kinnock may not
:15:28. > :15:32.have won an election, but it's hoped he'll appeal
:15:33. > :15:35.to Labour's core. He attacked Tories in the Leave
:15:36. > :15:37.campaign, saying they'd made false And, on immigration, he had this
:15:38. > :15:43.warning for the Brexit camp. Trying to persuade the British
:15:44. > :15:46.people to sacrifice the great opportunity and the security,
:15:47. > :15:49.economic and otherwise, of being in the European Union,
:15:50. > :15:52.by trying to nourish prejudice, Remain campaigners know the Labour
:15:53. > :16:01.vote is crucial to them because many Tories will back Brexit,
:16:02. > :16:04.but Leave campaigners are targeting traditional Labour supporters
:16:05. > :16:07.too by trying to tap into their concerns
:16:08. > :16:10.over immigration. At a rally tonight, they challenged
:16:11. > :16:13.their rivals on the issue. What is your vision for this country
:16:14. > :16:16.if that rate of immigration continues because you have
:16:17. > :16:20.absolutely no way of stopping it. The Leave campaign denied
:16:21. > :16:23.they were making impossible promises They unveiled five pledges,
:16:24. > :16:31.again saying EU money could be spent on the NHS and claiming leaving
:16:32. > :16:34.could create 300,000 from new trade deals,
:16:35. > :16:38.but the likelihood of negotiating Well, these are what we think
:16:39. > :16:45.we could do if you are able, finally, to do the sorts of free
:16:46. > :16:48.trade deals that are currently We haven't been able to do free
:16:49. > :16:53.trade deals either with India, with China or even with America,
:16:54. > :16:56.one of our biggest trading partners. The challenge for both sides
:16:57. > :16:59.is convincing people their vision of life inside or outside
:17:00. > :17:02.the EU is credible. In sport, Northern Ireland
:17:03. > :17:12.had a goalless draw in their final warm-up match
:17:13. > :17:14.for the European Championships Meanwhile, tournament hosts,
:17:15. > :17:18.France, had a convincing Arsenal's Olivier Giroud
:17:19. > :17:26.with the pick of the goals. Spain's Garbine Muguruza has
:17:27. > :17:27.won the Ladies Singles She beat the Number One seed,
:17:28. > :17:33.Serena Williams, in straight sets to pick up her first
:17:34. > :17:35.Grand Slam title. Harzand held off the challenge
:17:36. > :17:37.of favourite US Army Ranger It was a first win in the race
:17:38. > :17:43.for trainer Dermot Weld and, for the first time, Her Majesty
:17:44. > :17:47.the Queen presented the trophy. Before we go, we'll leave
:17:48. > :18:10.you with the thoughts - Float like a butterfly,
:18:11. > :18:14.sting like a bee. # Calling all the people
:18:15. > :18:17.here to see the show #. And never talk about
:18:18. > :18:19.who's going to stop me. REPORTER: Why do you insist
:18:20. > :18:23.on being called Muhammad Ali now? Cassius Clay was my slave name,
:18:24. > :18:26.I'm no longer a slave. Santa Claus was white
:18:27. > :18:32.and everything bad was black. And, if I threaten you,
:18:33. > :18:36.I'm going to blackmail you. I said, "Mama, why don't they call
:18:37. > :18:42.it whitemail, they lie too?" COMMENTATOR: Oh, he's hit him
:18:43. > :18:46.with the right hand. He's got him.
:18:47. > :18:49.Oh, you can't believe it! Oh, my God he's won
:18:50. > :19:09.the title back at 32! Hello, there the sunshine wasn't
:19:10. > :19:11.spread far and wide today. It was hit-and-miss, really. No