MUHAMMAD ALI VS VIETNAM WAR

Muhammad Ali, who would have turned 82 today, is possibly the greatest boxer of all time. But he is known as the greatest not just for what he did inside the ring but also for what he did outside the ring. He was a passionate advocate for racial justice for Africans in America. He never shied away from standing up for what he believed in and courageously stood against the Vietnam War, famously refusing to join the U.S. Army's murderous campaign against the people of Vietnam, stating: "I will not go 10,000 miles from here to help murder and kill other poor people".

For his courageous stand he was sentenced to five years in prison which and stripped of his boxing license. The license was restored in 1970 and year later his conviction was overturned by the US Supreme court. Ali's spirited fight against being drafted to fight into a US imperialist war is widely hailed as his greatest fight and victory!