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| Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. |
birth name of Muhammad Ali, U.S. boxer and international political activist who won the world heavyweight championship three times. |
| George Foreman |
U.S. heavyweight boxer who twice won the World Heavyweight Championship (b. 1949). |
| middleweight |
a boxer or wrestler heavier than welterweight and lighter than light-heavyweight, esp. a boxer between 147 and 160 pounds. |
| Muhammad Ali |
U.S. boxer and international political activist who won the world heavyweight championship three times; born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr. (b.1942--2016). |
| super middleweight |
a boxer in the weight class between middleweight and light heavyweight. |
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