A great fighter—“The greatest ever”—but he was so much more than that.
[…] as a young heavyweight champion he converted to Islam and refused to serve in the Vietnam War, and became an emblem of strength, eloquence, conscience and courage. Ali was an anti-establishment showman who transcended borders and barriers, race and religion. His fights against other men became spectacles, but he embodied much greater battles.
Also, these are must watch, if you haven’t seem them already:
Rest in peace, sir.