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#017 - Muhammad Ali

When the world lost Muhammad Ali this year, we realised something - he's hailed as 'The World's Greatest', but we didn't exactly know what were the key achievements in his life and career. Jack's been reading up to make the 'sport' pub quiz round that little bit easier. What was Ali's birth name? Where did 'float like a butterfly' come from? And what's the slightly-cheesy-American-movie style story that got him into boxing in the first place?

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