what they wouldn't year was the draft in that for the vietnam war
On April 28, 1967, with the United States at war in Vietnam, Ali refused to be inducted into the armed forces, saying âI ainât got no quarrel with those Vietcong.â On June 20, 1967, Ali was convicted of draft evasion, sentenced to five years in prison, fined $10,000 and banned from boxing for three years.