2006-12-25 06:46:08 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
Muhammad Ali (I believe he was Cassius Clay at the time)
2006-12-25 06:47:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Muhammad Ali was 18 when he won the light heavyweight Olympic title as the brash Cassius Clay.
In his autobiography, "The Greatest," Ali wrote that he tossed his gold medal into the Ohio River after a fight with a white motorcycle gang, which started when he and a friend were refused service at a Louisville restaurant.
2006-12-25 14:49:28 · answer #2 · answered by billp_seattle 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Cassius Clay
2006-12-25 15:06:14 · answer #3 · answered by stephen b 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is still debated but the story is Cassius Clay threw his medal into the river.
2006-12-25 14:48:30 · answer #4 · answered by Chris S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That was Cassius Clay. He came back from the 1960 Olympics and expected to get a heroes welcome but he just saw the racism that existed. He got frustrated by that and threw the medal off a bridge.
2006-12-25 20:28:33 · answer #5 · answered by Herman Munster 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Cassius Clay now Muhammed Ali.
2006-12-25 19:00:08 · answer #6 · answered by bigslick60 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
One of your previous answers is correct. Ali was refused service at a restaurant in his home town of Louisville when he returned from Rome. He threw his medal in the Ohio River.
2006-12-25 18:42:32 · answer #7 · answered by gman 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Ali did. When he came back to Louisville, he was given a hero's welcome and even a parade downtown, but he couldn't get service because of his color. In his frustration, he threw his gold medal in the Ohio River. It was later replaced and a new one was given to him because he expressed regret for what he had done.
2006-12-26 03:06:07 · answer #8 · answered by gone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Muhammad Ali
2006-12-25 15:56:51 · answer #9 · answered by Brent 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Muhammad Ali
2006-12-25 14:48:28 · answer #10 · answered by toughguy2 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋