muhammad ali was a boxer.
his jop was to hit people as hard as he could, and ideally make them fall down and not get back up for a while.
that's not a very nice thing to do, yet ali was a hero to millions of people around the world.
"float like a butterfly, sting like a bee."
ali started fighting when he was 12. his bicycle was stolen and the policeman he reported it to ran a boxing clud.
he began training there and six years later was chosen to be part of the 1960 us olympics team.