Thursday, March 24, 2011

Muhammad Ali


Early on in Muhammad Ali’s life he encountered a whole lot of racism. But he was

Strong about it and decided to have this dream of becoming a boxer. But while he was

Trying to do that World war 2 was just barley getting started and there was still so much

Racism going on there as well as with the Jews / Hitler in Germany. His greatest

Accomplishment is that he was the first fighter to win the world light heavyweight

Championship on 3 separate occasions. He also successfully defended it 3 times.

He is a great example of overcoming Adversity and Challenges and Personal Growth.

Because he overcame racism to make his dreams come true. And Personal Growth

Because he wanted to get fit. One way he did that is by jogging to school for 20 blocks.
                                            

When Clay was 12 years old he took boxing under the Louisville police department. He

Was also born to a really poor family. At the 1960 games he won the gold medal in his

175 pound division in Rome. He was more regarded by people because of his skills. He

used children phrases such as “float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.” To raise public

Interest in his fights.
                                                 

His final record for his boxing career was 56 wins with 5 losses. With 37 knockouts has

been matched by others. And also making a wish foundation was founded by him also.

He cared more about others in need then his own fame and fortune. I think it is his

greatest accomplishment because he put others needs before his own. I also thought that

it was really cool how he never gave up on his dream. I like that he didn’t even take the

bus to school because of all the racism that was going on. But instead he jogged 20

blocks to school.
                       

I think that he exemplifies service, overcoming adversity and challenges. He created the

Making a Wish Foundation. Also because he put others before him. And also him coming

from a poor family and still making his dream come true and having to deal with racism

that was going on at the time. It connects to the Creed because he had financial/ and


racism problem. He also ran for 20 blocks to get from home to school and while doing so

he waved at his fellow class mates as they drove by. Well it shows that if we really want

to we can over come any problem/ challenge we have to face in our lives.

He is a great example of Overcoming Adversity and Challenges, and also Personal

Growth. He did so by not listening to people when they called him the “N” word. And

not only him but other colored people as well. He also ran from home to school for 20

blocks. Muhammad Ali’s greatest accomplishment was creating the Making a Wish

Foundation. We should all stop putting ourselves before those in need and start having

Empathy for them and put them first before our selves.                                                 

BY: Erick mowry         03/24/2011

                                                Work cited
Book: Timblin, Stephen Muhammad Ali: The King of the Ring. New York: sterling 2010
Internet: Hauser, Thomas “Muhammad Ali” encyclopedia Britannica (2011): March 16,2011 http: www.Britannica.com/EB /checked/topic/15252/ Muhammad Ali

4 comments:

Megan said...

Alright, I gotta say that this was a good report. i like the way that you chose to word your sentences. One thing though i would change is how you choose to organize some of your paragraphs. Sometimes you couldn't really tell which paragraph was what.

austin said...

one thing i like about your paper is that you put in there that ali became a boxer. one thing you need to improve is nothing but, you double spacing, one thing i learned is that he became world light heavyweight champ on 3 separate occasion

emma said...

Hey great paper. I think that you did a great job explaining who Ali is. You really continue to suprise me with your writing capability. You could work on sentence fluency.
I learned that he used to be racist. I dont know you.

mimi said...

I think this is a good poem cuz you really showed who the person is. dont put soo much spaces though, i leared that he became a boxer and won the worlds heavyweight championship.