His Mother named him at birth Cassius Clay….so he changed his name, because of his weak personal characteristics, and was brain washed by the Club aka Black Muslims.
Cassius Clay lost an amateur bout to several boxers, one boxer who stopped him in a 2nd round TKO, was trained by Dr. Ralph Winchester, DMD, my Uncle, in the 1950s. Dr. Winchester was an amazing boxer himself with 52 fights and one loss, as an amateur boxer in the 1930s. He also was a Golden Gloves Champion in Tennessee.
He was good fighter …. but did the media tell you: …he threw his gold medal in the Ohio River and when I went to the Marines, 1970, he dodged the Draft, because he said Muslims didn’t fight, but we found out different, on 9-11, and Iraq and Afghanistan and in Beirut!!