Ali: Conscientious Objector or Draft Dodger?
By A Mystery Man Writer
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Muhammad Ali, who died last week at 74 from septic shock related to his 30-year struggle with Parkinson's disease, may have been the greatest heavyweight boxer of al time. He was most definitely the most famous person in the world in the 1970s and a big part of that fame came from his struggle against the United States government after he refused induction into the Army in 1967.
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