When “Muhammad Ali”, i.e., Cassius Clay—It’s rather ironic that he
discarded his baptismal name, which he shared with a Nineteenth-Century
abolitionist, and adopted a name that he shared with a Nineteenth-Century ruler
of Egypt, who was a slaver—proclaimed “I am the greatest”, he ought to have
added the word “egotist” to the end of his statement. (He was also a hypocrite
who based his refusal to serve in the military on the pretext that his Muslim
religion forbad violence, even though he was a professional fighter.)