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By DAN GROSSI, ASSOCIATED PRESS
On this day in 1967, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, then 25-years-old, refused induction to the Army and then stripped of his title.
His refusal to serve during the Vietnam War made him one of the most hated athletes in the USA.
He rejected any overtures to be called Cassius Clay saying that was "a slave name. I didn't choose it and I don't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name - it means beloved of God - and I insist people use it when people speak to me and of me. "
Ali said he was a conscientious objector and that "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong ... no Vietcong ever called me (the n-word)."
Click here for Ali talking about his anti-war stance.
Eventually Ali would reclaim his title and became one of the most beloved athletes of all time.
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/vid...to-war/69ygvaf
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...d-no-guarrel/1
On this day in 1967, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, then 25-years-old, refused induction to the Army and then stripped of his title.
His refusal to serve during the Vietnam War made him one of the most hated athletes in the USA.
He rejected any overtures to be called Cassius Clay saying that was "a slave name. I didn't choose it and I don't want it. I am Muhammad Ali, a free name - it means beloved of God - and I insist people use it when people speak to me and of me. "
Ali said he was a conscientious objector and that "I ain't got no quarrel with those Vietcong ... no Vietcong ever called me (the n-word)."
Click here for Ali talking about his anti-war stance.
Eventually Ali would reclaim his title and became one of the most beloved athletes of all time.
http://www.bing.com/videos/watch/vid...to-war/69ygvaf
http://content.usatoday.com/communit...d-no-guarrel/1
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