Leila, the daughter of Muhammad

Muhammad Ali was a popular figure not only because of the victories in the ring, but also because of their social position. He refused to serve in the army and opposed the Vietnam War, for which he was excommunicated for a few years from a large box.



He spoke out against racism in the United States and in its wake came into the organization, "Black Muslims", confessed the struggle against white domination. Through all this he became not only the enemy of the American authorities, but also a friend of the USSR. And in 1978 came to the Soviet Union, where he visited the Muslim shrines in Uzbekistan, held a demonstration battle with three of our boxers and went to a meeting with Leonid Brezhnev.



In 1981, Ali appearing the first signs of Parkinson's disease, severe diseases of the central nervous system. And for 20 years it is difficult to move, speak. Doctors attribute this to his sports career and numerous missed punches in the ring. Daughter Laila Ali has followed his father's footsteps and also became a professional boxer.