A records search by USA TODAY Sports indicates Muhammad Ali never legally changed his name from Cassius Clay — and lived in an era when he didn’t have to. Officials in Kentucky, where Ali was ...

Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 1964 after he converted to Islam. When Winstead asked Turner to do a DNA test, he gladly agreed. “I’m not afraid of that knowledge being out there.

“I am Muhammad Ali, a free name – it means beloved of God, and I insist people use it when people speak to me,” declared the late Muhammad Ali in 1964. Shortly after the 22-year-old knocked ...

The world knows him now as Muhammad Ali, but in March 1964, he was still Cassius Clay. That’s when “The Greatest” — born this week on Jan. 17 — insisted Chicago reporters call him by his ...

ON BOXING | Remembering the dawn of a legend, when a 12-year-old boy wandered into a boxing gym for a meeting that changed history.

After Ali polished off Jerry Quarry on Oct. 26, 1970, the CJ story worded it: “Cassius Clay (or Muhammad Ali, if you will).” READ THE CJ'S COMPLETE ALI COVERAGE Briefly after becoming a Muslim ...

Muhammad Ali, born Cassius Clay on Jan. 17, 1942, is regarded as one of the top professional boxers of all time. He was an activist who spent his life fighting for and enacting change.

Long Before Muhammad Ali, Another Cassius Clay Was Larger Than LIfe 2016-07-22T07:40:11-04:00 July 22, 2016 7:40 AM ET. ... Mohandas Gandhi, Jawaharlal Nehru and Muhammad Ali Jinnah.

Cassius Clay changed his name to Muhammad Ali in 1964 after he converted to Islam. When Winstead asked Turner to do a DNA test, he gladly agreed. “I’m not afraid of that knowledge being out there.

In an interview with Digital Trends, director Muta’Ali discusses Cassius Clay's transformation into Muhammad Ali in the new documentary Cassius X: Becoming Ali.

First things first: Everyone on the set should be calling Cassius Clay by the name Muhammad Ali. Ali changed what he called his “slave name” to his new Muslim name in 1964.