Rahman Ali (born Rudolph Valentino Clay on July 18, 1943) is a former heavyweight boxer from the United States. He held the WBA (World Boxing Association) title between 1969 and 1970 and the WBC (World Boxing Council) title in 1970. After retiring from boxing, he became a Muslim and changed his name to Rahmon Ali. He was born in New York City, New York to father Albert Clay, who worked as a house painter and mother Lillian Jackson, who worked as a nurse. The family moved to Los Angeles, California when Rahman was a child. He began boxing at the age of 15 under the guidance of his older brother Herbert "Buzz" Clay who also became a boxer. The two brothers fought each other twice with Rahman winning both matches. After their father died in an accident when he was 19 years old, Rahman decided to pursue a career in boxing and moved to Chicago, Illinois to train at the renowned Kronk Gym run by Freddie Brown and Charlie Davis. In addition to training, he also worked as a janitor to support himself while in Chicago. During one of his training sessions at the gym, he met a young woman named Veronica Cartwright who would later go on to become famous for her role as Judy Gribble in the cartoon series The Pink Panther.