Muhammad Ali Met The Presidents | ALI CHECK THEM ALL |
Channel: BOXING LEGENDS
Date: 2020-11-02

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On December 10, 1974, at the invitation of Gerald Ford, Muhammad Ali visited the White House.


Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, after a red carpet tour of the White House, chats with President Ford in the Oval Office. Ali was not sure he would get to see the President during his escorted tour of the White House because a White House spokesman said Ford's appointment list was full, but Ford worked him into his busy schedule.



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Muhammad Ali in the Soviet Union, May 1978.



“I’m very impressed by a meeting with Leonid Brezhnev. I find it hard to find the words… I am a simple American boxer, but I was honored to meet Mr. Brezhnev. I used to hear that the Russians are always threatening Americans, but I am convinced that this is not true. Brezhnev is a supporter of world peace”. Leonid Brezhnev, who during the WW2 fought against Nazis, gave Ali the book “The small land”. Ali called this gift “the best in his life”. “I’ll ask my friend Soviet Ambassador to the USA Dobrynin to translate this book for me”, Ali told reporters.


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Muhammad Ali ‘The Greatest,’ was stumping for President Jimmy Carter on Nov. 1, 1980.




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