This essay is about Muhammad Ali's religous beliefs, as they affected his career as a boxer. Focuses on his Vietnam war protest as well.

Muhammed Ali, arguably the world's greatest boxer of all time, has had many achievements in his boxing career such as an Olympic medal and Amateur to Heavyweight championship titles. Today he is renowned as a sporting legend and a man with something always to say.

Cassius Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali, illustrated many protest movements. He was a proud Black African-American who didn't want to integrate into the White American way of life, and showed it by controversially converting to the Nation of Islam. When called upon to be conscripted in the Vietnam War Ali refused to because of personal and religious beliefs.

The feature article, Freedom Fighter, written by Sean O'Hagan shows the courage which Ali preached and practised, compared to other heroes of other sporting divisions. Ali is not just a sporting hero but, as the author pointed out, is a "modern existential hero".