Before Muhammad Ali was The Greatest, he was Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., a kid with fast legs and a faster mouth growing up in Louisville, Kentucky, in the 1940s and ‘50s.

Every hero starts somewhere. For 12-year-old Cassius Clay Jr., who would become the sports legend known to the world as Muhammad Ali, it was a boxing gym in Louisville, Kentucky.

His son, Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., has just turned 21 and has far larger ambitions. “I’m gonna drive down Walnut Street in a Caddy on Derby Day.” he says, “and all the people will point ...

A 1964 meeting of Malcolm X, Cassius Clay, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown is the subject of Regina King’s riveting directorial debut.

This 20th century Cassius Clay subsequently named his son Cassius Clay Jr., who later became better known as the legendary boxer Muhammad Ali.

This play tells the story of Cassius Clay Jr., starting long before the world knew him as boxing legend Muhammad Ali. The plot follows his early life, growing up in Jim Crow-era Louisville.

Born Cassius Clay Jr. in Louisville on Jan. 17, 1942, the three-time heavyweight champ died on June 3, 2016, at the age of 74 years old.

Did Trump Claim on Truth Social He Sparred with Cassius Clay (aka Muhammad Ali)? "The great Cassius Clay used to spar with me," the purported Trump post read. "Not many people know that because I ...

Bochetto and his business partner at the time renovated the frame house to how it looked when Ali — known then as Cassius Clay — lived there with his parents and younger brother.

From the age of four until he was 18, Ali, then known as Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., lived at 3302 Grand Avenue in Louisville's Parkland neighborhood with his parents and younger brother.