Photos: Remembering Muhammad Ali, five years after his death
A look back at 35 memorable images from the magnificent career of Muhammad Ali, who died on June 3, 2016, at age 74.
1960: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) at Summer Olympics
In this Sept. 3, 1960, file photo, Cassius Clay, 18-year-old from Louisville, Ky., throws a right at Tony Madigan of Australia, left, during the light heavyweight boxing semi-finals at the Summer Olympic Games in Rome. The 1960 Rome Summer Olympics set the standard for every Olympiad to follow. These Games were the first televised in the United States.
1960: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
In this Sept. 6, 1960, file photo, U.S. boxers, from left, Wilbert McClure of Toledo, Ohio, light middleweight; Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), and light heavyweight; and Edward Crook of Fort Campbell, Ky, middleweight, wear gold medals at the Olympic village in Rome.
1962: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) with trainer Angelo Dundee
In this Feb. 8, 1962, file photo, a young Muhammad Ali, left, stands with his trainer Angelo Dundee at City Parks Gym in New York. Dundee was the trainer who helped groom Ali and Sugar Ray Leonard into world champions and became one of boxing's most recognizable figures. (AP Photo/Dan Grossi, File)
1962: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali)
In this Nov. 15, 1962, file photo, young heavyweight boxer Cassius Clay, who later changed his name to Muhammad Ali, points to a sign he wrote on a chalk board in his dressing room before his fight against Archie Moore in Los Angeles, predicting he'd knock Moore out in the fourth round, which he went on to do. The sign also predicts Clay will be the next champ via a knockout over Sonny Liston in eight rounds. He did it in seven rounds. (AP Photo/Harold P. Matosian, File)
1963: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) with his mother, Odessa Grady Clay
In this April 2, 1963, file photo, boxer Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) is seen with his mother, Odessa Grady Clay.
1964: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), the Beatles
In this Feb. 18, 1964, file photo, the Beatles, from left, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, take a fake blow from Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) while visiting the heavyweight contender at his training camp in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/File)
1964: 'I am the greatest'
In this Feb. 25, 1964, file photo, Muhammad Ali, or Cassius Clay at the time, strikes a familiar pose as he shouts "I am the greatest," as he leaves the ring, arms raised, following his defeat of former heavyweight boxing champion Sonny Liston, in Miami Beach, Fla.
1964: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Malcolm X
In this March 1, 1964, file photo, world heavyweight boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, right, is shown with Black Muslim Leader, Malcolm X, outside the Trans-Lux Newsreel Theater in New York City, after watching a screening of films on Ali's title fight with Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.
1965: Muhammad Ali
In this May 25, 1965 file photo, perspiration beads on the face of world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali during training for his fight with Sonny Liston, in Lewiston, Maine.
1965: Muhammad Ali knocks out Sonny Liston
In this May 25, 1965, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali stands over fallen challenger Sonny Liston shortly after dropping him with a short hard right to the jaw in Lewiston, Maine. (AP Photo/John Rooney, File)
1966: Muhammad Ali
This Feb. 18, 1966 file photo shows heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali in Miami. (AP Photo/Toby Massey, File)
1966: Muhammad Ali, Jim Brown
In this Aug. 5, 1966, file photo, heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali, right, visits Cleveland Browns running back and actor Jim Brown on the film set of "The Dirty Dozen" at Morkyate, Bedfordshire, England.
1967: Muhammad Ali, Wilt Chamberlain
In this March 10, 1967 file photo, basketball star Wilt Chamberlain extends a long left toward world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali at an ABC television studio in New York. Chamberlain is 7 feet, 1 inch tall, and Ali is 6 feet, 2 inches with Chamberlain's reach over 90 inches against Ali's 79 inches.
1967: Muhammad Ali, Martin Luther King Jr.
In this March 29, 1967, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, center left, and Dr. Martin Luther King speak to reporters.
1967: Muhammad Ali refuses induction into US Army
In this April 28, 1967 file photo, heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali is escorted from the Armed Forces Examining and Entrance Station in Houston by Lt. Col. J. Edwin McKee, commandant of the station, after Ali refused Army induction.
1971: Muhammad Ali
In this March 6, 1971, file photo, Muhammad Ali speaks on the phone while wearing a king's crown in Miami Beach. (AP Photo/Joe Migon, File)
1971: Joe Frazier wins decision over Muhammad Ali in 'Fight of the Century'
In this March 8, 1971, file photo, boxer Joe Frazier is directed to his corner by referee Arthur Marcante after knocking down Muhammad Ali during the 15th round of a title fight at Madison Square Garden in New York. Frazier won over Ali by decision in a fight that was called the "Fight of the Century."
1972: Muhammad Ali, Howard Cosell
In this Aug. 7, 1972, file photo, Muhammad Ali jokes with television sports commentator Howard Cosell before the start of the Olympic boxing trials, in West Point, NY.
1974: Muhammad Ali wins decision over Joe Frazier in their second bout
In this Jan. 28, 1974, file photo, Muhammad Ali throws a punch at Joe Frazier, right, in the twelfth round during their bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.
1974: Muhammad Ali
In this Aug. 29, 1974, file photo, boxer Muhammad Ali yells during a news conference in New York. (AP Photo/Ron Frehm, File)
1974: Muhammad Ali
In this Sept. 10, 1974, file photo, a Zairian man in traditional clothing carries a spear as he leads Muhammad Ali through a crowd at the airport in Kinshasa, Zaire. Ali arrived in a chartered Air Zaire plane from Paris for a world championship fight with George Foreman. (AP Photo/Horst Faas, File)
1974: Muhammad Ali
This is an Oct. 9, 1974, file photo showing Muhammad Ali, the magnificent heavyweight champion whose fast fists and irrepressible personality transcended sports and captivated the world. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)
1974: Muhammad Ali stuns George Foreman in 'Rumble in the Jungle'
This is a Oct. 30, 1974, file photo showing George Foreman taking a right to the head from challenger Muhammad Ali in the seventh round in the match dubbed Rumble in the Jungle in Kinshasa, Zaire. (AP Photo/Ed Kolenovsky, File)
1974: Muhammad Ali
In these Nov. 29, 1974, file photos combo, World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Muhammad Ali reacts while speaking at a press conference in London.
1975: Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Don King
In this July 17, 1975, file photo, sports promoter Don King stands between Muhammad Ali, left, the heavyweight champion, and Joe Frazier in New York.
1975: Muhammad Ali trains for 'Thrilla in Manila'
In this Sept. 29, 1975 file photo, Muhammad Ali, world heavyweight boxing champion, looks at himself in a mirror during a training session in Manila, Philippines before his fight against Joe Frazier.
1975: Muhammad Ali wins 'Thrilla in Manila' in final bout with Joe Frazier
In this Oct. 1, 1975, file photo, heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali connects with a right to challenger Joe Frazier in the ninth round of their title fight in Manila, Philippines. It was, Muhammad Ali would later say, the closest thing to death he had ever known. He and Joe Frazier had gone 14 brutal rounds in stifling heat off a Philippines morning before Frazier's trainer Eddie Futch mercifully signaled things to an end, his fighter blind and battered and feeling pretty close to death himself. The "Thrilla in Manilla" still lives in sporting lore. (AP Photo/Mitsunori Chigita, File)
1977: Muhammad Ali, Andy Warhol
In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 1977 file photo, artist Andy Warhol, left, photographs Muhammad Ali, his infant daughter, Hanna, and wife, Veronica, at Ali's training camp in Deer Lake, Pa.
1980: Muhammad Ali, President Jimmy Carter
In this Monday, Feb. 11, 1980 file photo, retired heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali, left, shakes hands with President Jimmy Carter in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington before talking to the president about his recent trip to Africa. (AP Photo/Jim Wilson)
1996: Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic flame
In this July 19, 1996, file photo, American swimmer Janet Evans looks on as Muhammad Ali lights the Olympic flame during the 1996 Summer Olympic Games opening ceremony in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Michael Probst, File)
1998: Muhammad Ali
In this Jan. 15, 1998, file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, left, is greeted by Moroccan King Hassan II, as Ali leaves the King Hassan Palace in Rabat, Morocco, after attending a religious speech. (AP Photo/Jalil Bounhar, File)
2005: Muhammad Ali, Laila Ali
In this Dec. 17, 2005, file photo, Muhammad Ali, left, looks to his daughter Laila after she won a non-title fight against Asa Maria Sandell from Sweden, in Berlin, Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)
2006: Muhammad Ali
This is an Oct. 4, 2006, file photo showing Muhammad Ali posed in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
2012: Muhammad Ali
In this Feb. 22, 2012, file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali displays his signature boxing pose after honoring outstanding surgeons and physicians at St. Joseph's Hospital Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
2014: Muhammad Ali, John Wooten, Jim Brown, Bill Russell, Bobby Mitchell
In this Sept. 27, 2014, file photo, back Row, from left, John Wooten, Jim Brown, Bill Russell, and Bobby Mitchell stand behind Muhammad Ali before the start of the Ali Humanitarian Awards ceremony in Louisville, Ky. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

