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Ten years on, world remembers Muhammad Ali ‘the Greatest’

Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston, shouting and gesturing shortly after dropping Liston with a short hard right to the jaw on May 25, 1965, in Lewiston, Maine [John Rooney/AP Photo]

Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, right, launches an attack on Joe Bugner, British and European heavyweight champion, during their 12-round Heavyweight fight in Los Vegas, Nevada, on February 14, 1973. [AP Photo]

Muhammad Ali chops at a tree with an axe at his training camp in Deer Lake, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 1973, as he prepares for his rematch against Ken Norton. The rustic camp, now restored, opened to the public in 2019 as a shrine to his life and career. [Rusty Kennedy/AP]

Muhammad Ali is greeted by fans in downtown Kinshasa, Zaire, on September 17, 1974, before his “Rumble in the Jungle” heavyweight title fight against George Foreman. [AP]

US President George W Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali in the East Room of the White House in November 2005. [Evan Vucci/AP]

Former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, centre, is crowned “King of Boxing” during the 50th convention of the World Boxing Council in Cancun, Mexico, on, December 3, 2012, alongside his wife, Lonnie, right, and Argentinian boxer Sergio Martinez. [Israel Leal/AP]

Muhammad Ali’s funeral procession passes as onlookers line the street in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 10, 2016. [Jeff Roberson/AP]

The hearse carrying Muhammad Ali’s body passes in front of his boyhood home, seen at top centre, during his funeral procession in Louisville, Kentucky, on June 10, 2016. [Mark Humphrey/AP]

Lonnie Ali, widow of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, speaks about a 1975 painting of him at the Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, on January 8, 2026. [Dylan Lovan/AP]

Commemorative stamps honouring boxing legend Muhammad Ali are sold after their unveiling by the US Postal Service in Louisville, Kentucky, on, January 15, 2026. [Dylan Lovan/AP]