Muhammad Ali Convicted For Refusing To Join Army
On June 20, 1967, boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, was convicted for refusing to comply with his draft to join the US Army. He was sentenced to five years in prison, fined $10,000, and banned from boxing for three years. Consequently, he was stripped of his heavyweight title.
Earlier on April 28, 1967, Ali refused to be inducted into the U.S. Army to fight the Vietnam war, citing his Muslim faith and declaring, “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.”
While his case was on appeal, he returned to the ring on October 26, 1970, defeating Jerry Quarry. Ali faced Joe Frazier in the “Fight of the Century” on March 8, 1971, and suffered his first professional loss. However, the U.S. Supreme Court later overturned his conviction on June 28, 1971.
On January 24, 1974, Ali defeated Frazier in a rematch. Later that year, on October 30, he reclaimed his heavyweight title by defeating George Foreman in the “Rumble in the Jungle” with an eighth-round knockout and revived his boxing career…..Seê _ Morê
Leave a Reply