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Muhammad Ali

Cassius Clay Changes His Name to Muhammad Ali

Season 1 Episode 2 | 3m 50s

After the heavyweight champion grows close with Malcolm X, he announces to reporters that he's renounced the name Clay, citing it as a slave name, and has instead taken on the name Cassius X. Concerned that Cassius would stray from the Nation of Islam, Elijah Muhammad offers him a new name to secure his allegiance: Muhammad Ali.

Corporate funding for MUHAMMAD ALI was provided by Bank of America. Major funding was provided by David M. Rubenstein. Major funding was also provided by The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and by The Better Angels Society and by its members Alan and Marcia Docter; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tudor Jones; The Fullerton Family Charitable Fund; Gilchrist and Amy Berg; The Brooke Brown Barzun Philanthropic Foundation, The Owsley Brown III Philanthropic Foundation and The Augusta Brown Holland Philanthropic Foundation; Perry and Donna Golkin; John and Leslie McQuown; John and Catherine Debs; Fred and Donna Seigel; Susan and John Wieland; Stuart and Joanna Brown; Diane and Hal Brierley; Fiddlehead Fund; Rocco and Debby Landesman; McCloskey Family Charitable Trust; Mauree Jane and Mark Perry; and Donna and Richard Strong.
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Round Three: The Rivalry (1970 - 1974)
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Official Trailer
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Round Four: The Spell Remains (1974-2016)
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Episode: S1 E4 | 1:39:49
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Round Two: What's My Name? (1964-1970)
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Episode: S1 E2 | 1:54:43
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Round One: The Greatest (1942-1964)
Cassius Clay rises from boastful amateur boxer to contender for the heavyweight title.
Episode: S1 E1 | 2:09:25
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Muhammad Ali takes on Cleveland "Big Cat" Williams at the Astrodome in Houston, Texas.
Clip: S1 E2 | 2:12
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Twelve-year-old Cassius Clay participated in his first amateur fight.
Clip: S1 E1 | 2:37
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Clip: S1 E4 | 4:03