Awards & Achievements

Muhammad Ali has won many awards and had many achievements.

In 1959, Ali was National Golden Gloves light heavyweight champion and national amateur athletic union champion.
In 1960, he was national Golden Gloves light heavyweight champion, national amateur athletic union champion and won a gold medal in Rome Olympics as a lightweight boxing.
From 1964 to 1967, he remained world heavyweight champion.
In 1970, Ali got Dr. Martin Luther King memorial award.
In 1974, he was nominated Sportsman of The Year by Sports Illustrated, and he also got a title of Fighter Of The Year by Boxing Writers Association.
From 1974 to 1978, he was a world champion again.
In 1979, he was also a world heavyweight champion.
In 1979, Ali got Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from Texas Southern University and he also had a street named after him in Louisville, Kentucky.
In 1985, he got recognition for long, meritorious service from World Boxing Association.
In 1987, he was elected to Boxing Hall of Fame.
In 1990, he was inducted into International Boxing Hall of Fame and he was also honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6801 Hollywood Boulevard.
In 1996, he was chosen to light the Summer Olympic torch at Atlanta, Georgia.
In 1997, he got Arthur Ashe Award for Courage from ESPN and also got Essence Living Legend award.
In 2005, he got the Presidential Citizens Medal and Presidential Medal of Freedom by then President George W. Bush.

These are all awards and achievements that Muhammad Ali had throughout his boxing career.