Essays Tagged: "joe martin"

MUHAMMAD ALI

lt he wanted to do something different. His dreams were going to be fulfilled at an age of 12, when Joe Martin, a police officer and a boxing instructor, encouraged Ali to start with boxing. Ali showe ... omeback matches, Ali looked far from impressive. His reputation still got him a title fight against Joe Frazier, this title fight that Ali lost was to be known as the fight of the century. Despite his ...

(5 pages) 170 2 4.6 Jan/1997

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

The Greatest of all time..an essay of the life of Muhammad Ali told in his perspective as well as famous pullitzer prize winner Norman Mailer and other notable authors

ented andunexpected. Ali began his career at age 12 withencouragement from policeman/boxing analyst JoeMartin. These two met after young Cassius' bike wasstolen and he went to file a report. From here ... ooked back as boxing became the burning desirein his flaming eyes. The young Mr. Clay was trained byJoe Martin's close friend Mr. Fred Stoner. Thetalented athlete bobbed and weaved his way to winning1 ...

(6 pages) 37 0 2.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Pretend You are Ali

1954 in Louisville, Kentucky, I had my bike stolen. I was so upset. So when I found a cop in a gym, Joe Martin, I told him that I was going to "whup" whoever stole my bike. So the surprised Martin tol ... rst fight back and didn't even lose a step on my skills. My reputation gave me a title shot against Joe Frazier, the fight was known as the fight of the century. That was when I suffered my first pro ...

(6 pages) 40 2 4.3 Jan/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Muhammad Ali

avail. When he started asking people on his block if they had seen it, someone suggested he go ask Joe Martin, a policeman and owner of a boxing gym. Cassius was awestruck the moment he walked into t ... returned as well as his title. He soon lost his title, however, in 1971 in a 15 round match against Joe Frazier. Many people thought Ali should have retired after the loss, but he refused to quit. He ...

(4 pages) 22 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Muhammad Ali

wed to punish the thief. The officer who he had reported the incident to led him to boxing trainer, Joe Martin. The amateur slugger wasted no time jumpstarting his career. Clay had taken the gold meda ...

(6 pages) 17 0 0.0 Jan/2012

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Biographies