Answer: ALI
ALI is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 1091 times.
Referring Clues:
- She was Jenny in "Love Story"
- One called "The Lion of God"
- Rhyming boxing champ
- "When We Were Kings" subject
- Subject of a 1996 Oscar-winning documentary
- Longtime Frazier foe
- Baritone in Rabaud's "Marouf"
- "1,001 Arabian Nights" hero
- Champion of 10/30/74
- Rope-a-dope exponent
- Sports Illustrated's 1974 Sportsman of the Year
- Spinks defeater, 1978
- Foreman's superior
- 1996 Olympic torch lighter
- Actress MacGraw
- Former ring king
- He KO'd Quarry, 10/26/70
- "The Greatest"
- Ryan's "Love Story" co-star
- Loser to Norton, 1973
- The Lion of God
- Champ of 10/30/74
- The People's Champ
- Clay, now
- "Aladdin" prince
- "The Martyrdom of ___" (classic Muslim work)
- He stung like a bee
- Muhammad ___
- Poetic pugilist
- Fatima's spouse
- Frazier foe
- He K.O.'d Foreman 10/30/74
- Husband of Fatima
- Winner of 10/30/74
- The self-proclaimed "Greatest"
- Ring king
- The Greatest
- ___ Baba
- "Mârouf" baritone
- Fatima's husband
- Thrilla in Manila participant
- "When We Were Kings" profilee
- 7th-century Arab caliph
- He KO'd Foreman
- Successor to the Prophet, in Islam
- MacGraw of "Love Story"
- Bard of boxing
- He floated "like a butterfly"
- Rope-a-dope boxer
- Boxer Muhammad
- Pop singer Tatyana
- Noted 1964 convert to Islam
- Torch lighter at the 1996 Olympics
- ___ Hakim ("Oklahoma!" character)
- "The Martyrdom of ___" (Muslim classic)
- Role in Rabaud's "Mârouf"
- Ring master?
- Comeback maker of 10/30/74
- Clay, today
- Pugilist poet
- Boxer Laila ___
- Former ring leader
- Clay, eventually
- Clay, after transformation
- Son-in-law of Muhammad
- Foreman KO'er
- Longtime ring champ
- Champ who could "sting like a bee"
- Will Smith title role
- Biopic starring Will Smith
- 2001 Will Smith title role
- Actress/singer Tatyana ___
- Noted knocker-outer
- 2001 biopic
- His won-lost record was 56-5
- Berbick beat him in 1981
- Remodeled Clay?
- Thrilla in Manila boxer
- 2001 Will Smith role
- Iraq's Imam ___ Mosque
- Will Smith biopic
- "Prince ___" ("Aladdin" song)
- Foreman KO'er, 1974
- "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" co-star Tatyana ___
- Subject of the biography "Float Like a Butterfly"
- The Louisville Lip
- Poetry-spouting pugilist
- 2001 role for Will Smith
- Tatyana of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
- He put people on the ropes
- Tomb of ___, in Najaf, Iraq
- Clay, after 1964
- A caliph of Islam
- "___ Baba and the 40 Thieves"
- Iranian ayatollah Sayyed ___ Khamenei
- Self-proclaimed "Greatest"
- Seventh-century Arab caliph
- Louisville museum subject
- Cousin of Muhammad
- He KO'd Foreman in '74
- Ring master?
- With 14-Across, a famous "cave man"
- Quarry quasher of 1970
- MacGraw of "The Getaway"
- Lord of the ring, once
- He could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
- Ayatollah ___ Khamenei
- Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei
- Zulfikar ___ Bhutto, 1970's Pakistani leader
- Three-time Frazier opponent
- Thrilla in Manila victor
- He said "Champions aren't made in gyms"
- Oscar-nominated Will Smith role
- 2001 Will Smith biopic
- Boxer Laila
- First Shia imam
- Laila who dances in and out of the ring
- "Rope-a-dope" boxer
- Kentucky's Athlete of the Century
- He came out of retirement in 1980
- Will Smith biopic, 2001
- "Infidel" author Ayaan Hirsi ___
- "Sting like a bee" athlete
- "Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" boxer
- Figure in the Sunni/Shia split
- Title role about a titleholder
- "Heroes" actress Larter
- HBO's "Da ___ G Show"
- Clay, by another name
- Boxing champ from Louisville, Kentucky
- Title role for Will Smith
- Clay, after a while
- Noted ring leader
- The Fight of the Century fighter
- Sacha Baron Cohen character ___ G
- 1960 Olympics boxing gold medalist
- Rumble in the Jungle victor
- Noted convert to Islam in 1964
- Foreman foe
- "Aladdin" hero
- Iranian supreme leader ___ Khamenei
- BBC's Sports Personality of the Century
- World champion of 1964-67, 1974-78 and 1978-79
- He "stung like a bee"
- Retired boxing icon
- He whipped Foreman in '74
- "Fresh Prince of Bel Air" actress Tatyana
- He stung "like a bee"
- "Float like a butterfly" boxer
- Baba beginning
- Clay, after a name change
- "Thrilla in Manila" winner
- He thrilled 'em in Manila
- He was thrice the champ
- Spinks opponent of 1978
- 1996 Olympic cauldron lighter
- Boxer known as "The Greatest"
- Son-in-law of Mohammad
- He lit the 1996 Olympics flame
- "Rope-a-dope" pugilist
- Boxer whose name is hidden in eight answers
- 2001 Will Smith movie
- Boxer whose daughter is also a boxer
- His last match was against Berbick
- Forty Thieves foe
- Scheherazade protagonist
- 2001 movie bio
- Foreman's 1974 superior
- Ring legend
- Ryan's "Love Story" costar
- Fabled woodcutter ___ Baba
- Boxer with a "sting like a bee"
- Arabian Nights name
- Winner of the "Thrilla in Manila"
- Prince of "Aladdin"
- Baba or MacGraw
- Lighter of the 1996 Olympic torch
- Smith portrayal of 2001
- He won the "Thrilla in Manila"
- He had a "sting like a bee"
- "Thrilla in Manila" victor
- Boxer from Louisville
- Clay, since 1964
- International Boxing Hall of Fame charter member
- Holmes was his last opponent
- First name in Scheherazade's tales
- Boxer known as the "Louisville Lip"
- "___ Baba and the Forty Thieves"
- He used to "sting like a bee"
- Boxer known for rhymes
- "Thrilla in Manila" boxer
- 2001 film about a boxer
- Frazier's "Thrilla in Manila" foe
- Ring king born Cassius Clay
- Outspoken boxer
- Subject of a museum in Louisville, Kentucky
- Biopic that starred Will Smith
- "Rumble in the Jungle" boxer
- Winner of "The Thrilla in Manila"
- "Open, sesame!" sayer
- "When We Were Kings" king
- Laila in the ring
- Will Smith title role of 2001
- Will Smith biopic of 2001
- Will Smith portrayal
- Retired boxer with a win-loss record of 56-5
- Boxing legend
- Actress Larter of "Heroes"
- Ring leader, once
- "The Greatest" boxer
- Sports Illustrated's 1999 "Sportsman of the Century"
- Frazier foe, once
- "The Louisville Lip"
- "I am the greatest" speaker
- '80s Giants kicker Haji-Sheikh
- Boxer who lost "The Drama in the Bahamas" in 1981
- Boxer whose record was 56-5 with 37 KOs
- Three-time heavyweight champ
- "The Soul of a Butterfly" memoirist
- "When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble" speaker
- Frazier rival
- Model Landry
- Big name in flooring?
- Subject of the biography "King of the World"
- Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century
- Larter of "Heroes"
- Rubina ___ of "Slumdog Millionaire"
- Subject of the book "Sting Like a Bee"
- "___ Baba Goes to Town" (1937 Eddie Cantor film)
- He's on the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame
- Four-time winner of Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award in the 1970s
- Boxer nicknamed "The Greatest"
- He's pictured on the cover of the book "Ghosts of Manila"
- ___ Khamenei (supreme leader of Iran)
- "My toughest fight was with my first wife" speaker
- Oscar-nominated role for Smith
- U.N. Messenger of Peace appointee in 1998
- Million-dollar Baba?
- 2001 film directed by Michael Mann
- She played Jennifer in "Love Story"
- 2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
- Kristofferson's costar in the TV movie "Freedom Road"
- Cover subject of the April 1968 issue of Esquire
- Subject matter, with Cosell, of the book "Sound and Fury"
- ___ by Adidas (line of sports apparel)
- Subject of the book "Loser and Still Champion"
- Louisville's ___ Center
- He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated cover appearances
- Pugilist Muhammad
- Three-time opponent of Frazier
- Ben ___ (1886 Kentucky Derby winner)
- CNN business anchor Velshi
- 2001 film featuring Mario Van Peebles as Malcolm X
- 1996 Miss USA winner Landry
- The ___ shuffle
- He knocked out Liston in the first round on May 25, 1965
- X contemporary
- Frazier's "Thrilla in Manila" opponent
- Two-time Quarry opponent
- She finished third behind Ohno and Fatone on "Dancing With the Stars"
- 1977 Warhol subject
- Eponym of a Parkinson research center in Phoenix
- "I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on" boaster
- See 30-Down
- Turkish military governor ___ Pasha
- "Rumble in the Jungle" fighter
- "It's not bragging if you can back it up" speaker
- Foreman fighter
- "Da ___ G Show"
- Carroll character
- Rap duo ___ & Gipp
- Norton contemporary
- Ring master
- Frequent LeRoy Neiman subject
- Singer/actress Lohan
- Slugger from Louisville
- Tatyana of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
- Lighter of the Olympic flame in Atlanta
- Boxer who carried a torch at the 1996 Olympics
- Muhammad with gloves
- Baba of fiction
- Baba with magic words
- Will Smith role
- He was the first to beat Foreman
- "Rumble in the Jungle" name
- "Sting like a bee" boxer
- Boxer played by Smith
- Louisville's __ Center, cultural attraction
- Talkative fighter
- Thriller in Manila
- Old ring leader?
- Pugilist Laila
- Boxing family name
- Rhyming boxer
- Baba not au rhum?
- Sacha Baron Cohen persona __ G
- Laila of pugilism
- Star in the ring
- Laila of boxing
- "The Greatest" in the ring
- MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus"
- Arabic for ''the highest''
- Joe Frazier foe
- Boxer nicknamed ''The Greatest''
- Boxing Hall of Famer
- Will Smith film role
- __ Baba
- Will Smith film of 2001
- ''Aladdin'' protagonist
- MacGraw of ''Love Story''
- ''Aladdin'' prince
- Arabic prename
- Joe Frazier rival
- '60s heavyweight champ
- Larter of ''Heroes''
- ''The Greatest''
- Ring master of yore
- He ''stung like a bee''
- Ring great
- Olympic flame lighter at Atlanta
- Boxing great
- ''Thrilla in Manila'' victor
- ''The Greatest'' boxer
- ''The Greatest'' in the ring
- Will Smith film
- ''Rumble in the Jungle'' winner
- Former heavyweight champ
- __ Center (Louisville museum)
- Boxer played by Will Smith
- Foreman opponent
- Liston defeater
- 37-time ''Sports Illustrated'' cover figure
- Smith title role
- Focus of a Louisville museum
- Muhammad or Laila
- Poet in the ring
- Foreman beater in '74
- SI's Athlete of the Century
- He fought Foreman
- Frazier defeater
- Foreman adversary
- ''Thrilla in Manila'' principal
- ''Rumble in the Jungle'' victor
- Famous boxer
- Jenny in ''Love Story''
- ''When We Were Kings'' profilee
- Film in which Voight plays Cosell
- The Greatest, in the ring
- "When We Were Kings" athlete
- Victor in Zaire, 1974
- Outspoken champ
- ''I am the greatest'' proclaimer
- Legendary heavyweight boxing champ
- ''The Thousand and One Nights'' hero
- He worked on canvases
- Boxing winner in Zaire, 1974
- Rope-a-dope coiner
- Boxing legend from Kentucky
- ''I am the greatest'' speaker
- Noted boxing shuffle inventor
- One-time ring king
- Certain caliph in Islam
- The self-proclaimed ''Greatest''
- Legendary boxing champ
- He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated covers
- Rope-a-dope inventor
- Clay, later
- ''Thrilla in Manila'' combatant
- Cosell's longtime foil
- Role for Will Smith
- 1996 Olympic hero
- ''Rope-a-dope'' boxer
- His jaw was broken by a boxing 24-Across
- "Rumble in the Jungle" participant
- Great heavyweight
- Smokin' Joe foe
- Cassius Clay, now
- "Fight of the Century" loser
- Clay, after a conversion
- Torch lighter at the Atlanta Olympics
- Boxing great, or her father
- 1960 gold-winning pugilist
- Loser of the "Fight of the Century"
- Three-time Frazier foe
- Athlete named a U.N. Messenger of Peace
- Winner of the Thrilla in Manila
- Arabic name meaning "exalted"
- Clay, after converting
- Rumble in the Jungle winner
- Legendary pugilist
- Ring master, once
- Old Clay
- Ring rhymer
- Wepner whipper
- Clay until March 6, 1964
- He had 37 KOs
- Smith biopic
- 2001 sports biopic
- Mailer's subject in "The Fight"
- Kentucky legend
- Thrilla in Manila winner
- Sports legend from Kentucky
- Fourth caliph of Sunni Islam
- Laila's father
- Heroic figure of the 1996 Olympics
- 2001 biographical film
- Frazier floored him
- "When We Were Kings" star
- Foreman's superior?
- Boxing bigwig
- Former boxing champ
- "Thrilla in Manila" combatant
- Will Smith portrayed him
- Louisville sports icon
- Three-time '60s-'70s heavyweight champ
- Champ from Louisville
- Fighter with a shuffle
- Former champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom
- Joe Frazier's ring rival
- Pugilist from Louisville
- "American Gladiators "cohost
- Pugilistic poet
- First three-time heavyweight champ
- He dethroned Foreman
- Pakistani president Asif ___ Zardari
- Ring icon
- "The Greatest" via self-proclamation
- Ring king with a sting
- "Arabian Nights" figure, ___ Baba
- Muhammad ___, opponent of 53-Down
- "I ain't got no quarrel with the Viet Cong" speaker
- Self-proclaimed "Greatest" boxer
- Thief thwarter Baba
- Foreman's foe in Zaire
- Baba of folklore
- Fassbinder film "___: Fear Eats the Soul"
- Baba who stole from thieves
- Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century
- Cosell interviewee
- He fought Frazier three times
- Boxing biopic
- Muslim convert in 1964 news
- Will Smith portrayal of 2001
- Legend in the ring
- "__ Baba Bunny": classic Bugs cartoon
- "Open, sesame" speaker
- Baba of "The Arabian Nights"
- "When We Were Kings" boxer
- Rhymer in the ring
- ___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" hero)
- Induction-refusing boxing champ
- Fighter who was a dove
- "The Greatest" subject
- Noted Cosell interviewee
- ___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" character)
- Poetic boxer
- '70s boxing champ
- Self-proclaimed "greatest" of boxing
- Boxer with a Louisville museum
- Focus of a Louisville cultural center
- He "floated like a butterfly"
- His title was stripped in '67
- Clay, transformed
- Rhyming fighter
- HBO's ___ G
- Baba who tangled with thieves
- "I am the greatest" proclaimer
- "The Thousand and One Nights" hero
- Jenny in "Love Story"
- Sacha Baron Cohen persona ___ G
- Louisville's ___ Center, cultural attraction
- "___ Baba Bunny": classic Bugs cartoon
- "Arabian Nights" name
- Clay, after change
- Pugilist-poet
- Lord of the ring?
- Arabic for "the highest"
- "Thrilla in Manila" principal
- "Rumble in the Jungle" victor
- "Aladdin" protagonist
- "Rumble in the Jungle" winner
- ___ Center (Louisville museum)
- 37-time "Sports Illustrated" cover figure
- Noted ex-heavyweight
- "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize" boaster
- Larter of Heroes
- "Thrilla in Manila" participant
- Fight of the Century loser
- Fedotowsky of "The Bachelorette"
- Former bachelorette Fedotowsky
- Common Muslim name
- ___ MacGraw "Love Story" co-star
- The prophet Muhammed's cousin
- Lindsay Lohan's sister
- 2001 Michael Mann film
- Well-known jabber?
- "The greatest" of boxing
- Ex-ring king
- Ex-ring king
- 2001 film in which Ron Silver played Angelo Dundee
- Mohammed ______
- Caliph
- MacGraw or Khan
- ____ Baba
- Cassius Clay now
- Cassius now
- Clay now
- Khan or Baba
- Cassius, now
- The former Clay
- ____ Khan
- ____ Baba
- ____baba
- "Arabian Nights" figure ___ Baba
- Yemeni leader ___ Abdullah Saleh
- 2001 film bio
- '70s heavyweight champ
- Heavyweight champ after Liston
- Boxer called "The Greatest"
- "The Greatest: My Own Story" author
- Frazier foe
- Three-time heavyweight boxing champ
- Boxing's greatest
- Mohammed ___ Jinnah
- With 1-Down, discoverer of cave treasure
- Famed fighter in the ring
- Boxer with an allegiance to 16-Across
- See 109-Down
- ___ G (HBO character)
- KO connection maker
- His title was stripped in 1967
- He dropped many men
- The greatest pugilist, he says
- Frazier downer
- "The Mouth That Roared"
- Hero in Zaire, 1974
- Ex-boxer Laila
- Big name in pugilism
- Pro who packed a punch
- Noted Olympic torch lighter of 1996
- His crown was stripped in 1967
- "Fight of the Century" participant
- 'The Greatest'
- Mr. Baba
- Will Smith movie
- Ryan's 'Love Story' co-star
- Noted pugilist
- MacGraw of movies
- Boxing's 'Greatest'
- Clay alias
- Will Smith biopic role
- With 21-Down, 'Arabian Nights' hero
- Actress Larter
- Foreman competitor
- Foreman rival
- 'When We Were Kings' subject
- Ms. MacGraw
- Big name in boxing lore
- Actress Landry
- Clay's ring name
- Hogan's 'American Gladiators' co-host
- Liston opponent
- With 5-Across, 'open sesame' man
- 'Rumble in the Jungle' contender
- Sports legend
- With 37-Down, thieves' foe
- 'Rope-a-dope' specialist
- With 35-Across, thieves' thwarter
- With 4-Down, 'Love Story' star
- 'Thrilla in Manila' fighter
- Old foe of Frazier
- 'The Greatest' boxer
- Boxing great Muhammad
- Old ring king Muhammad
- Foe of Frazier
- Old ring king
- Boxer Clay, renamed
- Ring king Muhammad
- Ring legend Muhammad
- With 6-Across, 'Open, sesame!' utterer
- With 7-Down, 'Open, sesame!' sayer
- Onetime ring king
- Former Frazier foe
- "I am the greatest" source
- He KO'd many men
- Dundee's protege in the ring
- Memorable press-conference rhymer
- ___ Shuffle (boxing move)
- 1996 Olympic flame lighter
- Steve's "The Getaway" co-star
- "The Greatest" of the ring
- Muhammad of the ring
- Thrilla in Manila fighter
- Common Arab given name
- Baba with an ax
- Baba of "Arabian Nights"
- Foreman's one-time superior?
- Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century in 1999
- Clay, after a transformation?
- He was thrice the boxing champ
- Baba the woodcutter
- Successor of Muhammad, to Shiites
- Ring leader?
- Fighter formerly known as Clay
- "facing ____ " (2009 sports book)
- He licked Liston
- Loquacious boxing champ
- "The Greatest" pugilist
- Holmes beat him in 1980
- "American Gladiators" co-host Laila
- Ring great Muhammad
- "The Rumble in the Jungle" boxer
- Muhammad who refereed the first WrestleMania
- "The Mouth That Roared" of the ring
- Fistic legend
- Fourth caliph in Sunni Islam
- Ring figure
- Legendary boxer
- "Rumble in the Jungle" champ
- Storied Baba
- "The Soul of a Butterfly" autobiographer
- Eastern potentate
- Alcindor : Abdul-Jabbar :: Clay : ___
- Woodcutter Baba
- Clay's chosen name
- Boxing legend Muhammad
- "Lawrence of Arabia" role
- Model/actress Landry
- Rhyming boxing legend
- Louisville's Muhammad ___ Center
- Onetime giant in decking
- Spinks's opponent in two title fights
- Self-proclaimed "greatest" of the ring
- First fighter to KO Liston
- Biopic role for Will Smith
- Subject of a museum in Louisville
- Baba who outwitted thieves
- A boxing legend
- Boxing great Muhammad ___
- Boxing biopic starring Will Smith
- Clay with a new name
- Boxer who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Games as Cassius Clay
- Steve calls her Slim in "The Getaway"
- Quarry beater in 1970
- "___, boom-ba-yay" (Rumble in the Jungle chant)
- Subject of the 1998 biography "King of the World"
- "Chemical" Iraqi
- Very common Muslim name
- Boxer who floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee
- Iran's ___ Khamenei
- Noted press conference rhymer
- 2001 Michael Mann biopic
- Liston beater, 1965
- He floored Foreman in Zaire
- Name among boxing legends
- Who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
- Foreman striker
- 2001 boxing biopic
- "Greatest" of boxing
- Former pugilist Laila
- Laila who won her first prizefight in 31 seconds
- "I am the greatest" boxer
- Prizefighting legend
- He said he was the greatest, and many agree
- Poetic fighter
- "Greatest" of the ring
- Boxer who boasted "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize"
- Sacha Baron Cohen's "Da ___ G Show"
- 1974 Fassbinder film subtitled "Fear Eats the Soul"
- Frazier's Fight of the Century foe
- Former CNN business anchor Velshi
- Cassius lately
- Clay, nowdays
- He beat Liston twice
- Old Frazier foe
- His last fight was a loss to Trevor Berbick
- "I am the greatest" claimant
- Khan of Pakistan
- "One Thousand and One Nights" hero
- The People's Champion
- Spinks foe
- Athlete with the autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly"
- He proclaimed "I shook up the world"
- "Fight of the Century" contender
- Khan, for one
- Olympic torch figure of 1996
- Frazier's longtime foe
- Boxing name of fame
- Boxer in the first-ever pay-per-view match
- With 1-Across, 'Open sesame' speaker
- Surname among boxing legends
- Liston's conqueror
- Sportsman of the Century, per Sports Illustrated in 1999
- Former boxer Laila
- Ex-heavyweight champ
- Boxer portrayed in a 2001 biopic
- Boxer played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic
- Arabic name meaning "high"
- ___ G (Sacha Baron Cohen persona)
- Legend of the ring
- Boxer who defeated Foreman
- "Rope-a-dope" practitioner
- Rope-a-dope name
- Frequent Cosell interviewee
- Ring king, once
- Hollywood's MacGraw
- Arabic name that means "exalted"
- 1970s foe of Frazier
- Iraq's Imam ___ Air Base
- Baba, for one
- Boxing's Muhammad
- Liston fighter
- Prince in "Aladdin"
- "The Greatest" in a ring
- Frank's assistant on "Bring 'em Back Alive"
- He opened the 1996 Olympics
- Cocky real-life Rocky
- MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Love Story"
- Baba
- Opponent of 14-Down, in sports
- Baba or a boxer
- 'Prince ___' ('Aladdin' song)
- Muhammad follower
- "Mahershalalhashbaz of the 4400"
- 2001 Will Smith film
- Ralph's wife
- Foreman battler
- "I Am ___" (2014 documentary about a famous boxer)
- Frazier fighter
- Larter of TVs "Heroes"
- Former foe of Frazier and Foreman
- Boxer Muhammad ___
- Prince in 'Aladdin'
- Boxing's "Greatest"
- Legendary fighter
- Laila of 'We Need to Talk'
- "The Trials of Muhammad ___" (2013 documentary)
- Clay, once
- Foreman toppler
- Figure in a Sunni/Shia dispute
- Legendary Frazier foe
- Noted conscientious objector
- Foreman superior, once
- Gold medalist of 1960, under a previous name
- Famed boxer
- Three-time Frazier fighter
- "Aladdin" character
- Boxing immortal
- Former boxing king
- Ringmaster with rhymes
- Poetic puncher
- Heavyweight great
- "Open sesame" speaker
- Iraq's Mosque of ___ (pilgrimage site)
- Clay, nowadays
- Steve's co-star in "The Getaway"
- Legendary boxing champion
- "Arabian Nights" prename
- Louisville slugger
- Renowned fighter
- Clay of the past
- Fighter from Kentucky
- Three-time foe for Frazier
- He perfected the rope-a-dope
- Foe of Frazier and Foreman
- Big ring name
- Thieves foiler
- He's known as "The Greatest"
- U.S. women's soccer star Krieger
- '70s ring king
- Smith biopic role
- Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
- Kentucky boxing legend
- Arabian Nights prename
- Boxer said to "sting"
- Famous Frazier foe
- He floated like a butterfly
- Noted American follower of 20-Across
- Ayaan Hirsi ___, author of "Infidel"
- Clay no more
- Actress McGraw
- Macgraw of films
- Foreman striker?
- "Prince ___": "Aladdin" song
- So-called "Commander of the Faithful"
- Subject of a museum in Louisville, Ky.
- Muhammad the legend
- With 1-Across, woodcutter who stole from thieves
- Induction refuser of 1967
- "rope-a-dope" exponent
- Ring rhymester
- 1970s heavyweight champ
- Muhammad's successor, to Shiites
- Dethroner of Foreman
- Boxing's "Louisville Lip"
- Rumble in the Jungle participant
- Who said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"
- Late boxing great
- Pugilism's "The Greatest"
- Subject of the kids' book "Twelve Rounds to Glory"
- Late, great boxer
- Boxer portrayed by Will Smith
- Three-time ring foe of Frazier
- Late boxing champion
- Legendary 32-Across
- Shi'ite caliph
- Late, great boxing champ
- Larter of TV's "Heroes"
- Foreman vanquisher
- Late rhyming boxing champ
- Legendary Muhammad
- ___ bey
- UN messenger of peace
- "When We Were Kings" hero
- With 27-Down, foe of the Forty Thieves
- Loser of the Drama in Bahama
- Three-time foe of Frazier
- "Aladdin" figure
- Champ before and after Spinks
- With 10-Across, "Open sesame" sayer
- Iconic boxer
- His "slave name" was Clay
- Thrilla in Manila figure
- Lexington legend
- Name meaning "high"
- Last name among boxing legends
- LeRoy Neiman subject
- The Greatest of boxing
- Legend of boxing
- He said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"
- He called Frazier a "gorilla"
- Film in which Jon Voight played Howard Cosell
- Foe of Spinks
- Laila of the ring
- Exalted, in Islam
- Noted ringmaster
- Louisville slugger?
- Noted rope-a-dope boxer
- One nicknamed "The Greatest"
- Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick"
- "Moonlight" star Mahershala
- Late boxing legend
- Frazier's foe
- Boxer with feats of Clay?
- Boxing biopic of 2001
- Subject of Mailer's "The Fight"
- Mahershala ___, Best Supporting Actor for 17-Across
- Boxing champ before and after Spinks
- 'The Greatest' fighter
- Pugilistic friend of Cosell
- Fighter eulogized by Bill Clinton, among others
- Benazir's father
- He sparred verbally with Cosell
- Woodcutter in a children's story
- Memorable fighter
- "Rumble in the Jungle" combatant
- Frazier's frequent foe
- Three-time 1-Across
- He was a thriller in Manila
- Quotable boxer
- Lyrical boxer
- Mahershala ___, Oscar winner for "Moonlight"
- One-time ring master
- Norton and Foreman fighter
- Mahershala of "Marvel's Luke Cage"
- "The Rumble in the Jungle" victor
- Louisville legend
- Big name in boxing
- Late heavyweight great
- Ayaan Hirsi ___, Somali-born advocate for women's rights and religious freedom
- Versifying ring legend
- Onetime butterfly-bee analogist
- "Hidden Figures" actor Mahershala ___
- See 18-Across
- Muhammad with the jabs
- "MSNBC Live" co-anchor Velshi
- Clay's transformation?
- 2001 biopic film
- ___ G, Sacha Baron Cohen character
- Muhammad in a ring
- Medal of Freedom athlete (2005)
- Memorable boxer
- He said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
- "Moonlight" Oscar winner Mahershala ___
- See 83-Across
- Ring champ's adopted surname
- Foreman defeater in 1974
- Noted ring shuffler
- Boxer with a "shuffle"
- 1,001 Nights honorific
- Real-life Superman opponent in a '78 comic book
- Who said "Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up"
- Sports Illustrated cover frequenter
- "His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see" speaker
- Actor Mahershala of Netflix's "Luke Cage"
- Man who was Clay
- Who Clay became
- 2016 Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala
- Heavyweight legend
- Women's soccer star Krieger
- Common Arabic prename
- An S.I. Sportsman of the Year
- Self-proclaimed greatest boxer
- He beat Ernie Terrell in 1967
- "Moonlight" actor
- "I beat people up" sayer (1977)
- Mahershala ___, co-star of 2018's "Green Book"
- Will Smith Oscar-nominated role
- 3-Down pugilist
- "True Detective" star Mahershala ___
- Former boxing champ Laila
- Clay, after conversion
- Muhammad with 37 34-Across
- "Drama in Bahama" boxer
- Subject of the 2004 autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly"
- Common Arab prename
- Rumble in the Jungle champ
- Mahershala of "True Detective"
- Actor Mahershala ___
- Muhammad's son-in-law
- "Green Book" co-star Mahershala
- Baba among thieves
- Mahershala of "Green Book"
- Olympic torchbearer Muhammad
- "I beat people up" boxer
- Who once boasted "I'm so mean, I make medicine sick!"
- "Moonlight" Oscar winner
- Sports star who once declared "I am America"
- With 26-Down, "Open sesame!" speaker
- Boxer who befriended Cosell
- Three-time ring king
- Boxer dubbed "The Greatest"
- "Green Book" Oscar winner Mahershala ___
- With 1-Down, "Arabian Nights" woodcutter
- Athlete who said "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
- "She Bee Stingin'" boxer Laila
- Oscar winner Mahershala
- Boxer who proclaimed, "I am the greatest!"
- World champion athlete under two different names
- "Always Be My Maybe" star Wong
- Boxing great Laila
- Mahershala of "Moonlight"
- Boxer who beat Frazier twice
- ___ Baba (forty thieves adversary)
- Larter of "Resident Evil" movies
- Funny Wong
- Baba of the Arabian Nights
- ___ Baba (40 thieves' adversary)
- Rhymester of the ring
- ___ Baba (Arabian Nights hero)
- Baba in a cave
- "Soul of a Butterfly" autobiographer
- "Aladdin" alter ego
- ___ Baba and the Forty Thieves
- Laila or Muhammad
- Actress/comedian Wong
- Boxer for whom Louisville International Airport is named
- "Moonlight" Oscar winner Mahershala
- Boxer in the documentary "What's My Name"
- Fictional woodcutter Baba
- Actor Mahershala
- "Green Book" Oscar winner Mahershala
- Actress Wong or Larter
- ___ Baba, crier of "Open sesame!"
- Actress ___ mcgraw
- Muslim-American icon
- Comedian Wong
- Self-styled stinger
- Baba who said "Open sesame"
- Tony winner Stroker
- He said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick" (1974)
- [boxing glove] [butterfly] [bee]
- "The Rookie" actress Larter
- "Green Book" star Mahershala
- "I'm so mean, I make medicine sick" boxer
- "Dear Girls" author Wong
- Will Smith boxer role
- 1,001 Nights name
- Journalist Velshi of MSNBC
- "Baby Cobra" stand-up comedian Wong
- "Love Story" star MacGraw
- Krieger of the U.S. women's national soccer team
- Academy Award winner for "Moonlight" and "Green Book"
- "I got no quarrel with them Vietcong" speaker
- Wong of "Always Be My Maybe"
- Socker played by Smith
- Rumble in the Jungle boxer
- Subject of a Louisville museum
- Big name in Islam
- Broadway star Stroker
- Stand-up comic Wong
- "Baby Cobra" comedian Wong
- Forty thieves opponent ___ Baba
- Boxer who won the Thrilla in Manila
- Louisville's Muhammad ___ Boulevard
- 2001 biopic about a boxer
- "It's not bragging if you can back it up" boxer
- Boxing legend Laila
- Wong of stand-up comedy
- Boxing family surname
- Biopic with Malcolm X and Dr. King
- "American Housewife" actress Wong
- Runner Nia
- Krieger of the U.S. women's soccer team
- Former boxer Laila who wrote "Food for Life"
- Two-Oscar actor of the 2010s
- Velshi on MSNBC
- Undefeated Laila
- "___ Wong: Hard Knock Wife"
- "Ramy" actor Mahershala
- Arabian Nights guy ___ Baba
- Hometown hero of Louisville, Ky.
- Oscar-winning actor for "Moonlight" and "Green Book"
- Undefeated boxer Laila
- Title boxer of a 2001 biopic
- "Baby Cobra" comic Wong
- ___ Krieger, U.S. women's soccer star
- Wong of stand-up
- Woman's nickname that drops "-son"
- "___ Wong: Baby Cobra"
- Mahershala with two Oscars
- Whom Clay became
- Heavyweight champ known as "The Greatest"
- First Muslim with an acting Oscar (2017)
- Boxing great Laila or Muhammad
- Actor Mohammad-___ Keshavarz
- Arabian Nights' ___ Baba
- MSNBC co-anchor ___ Velshi
- Ring star
- Oscar winner Mahershala ___
- "True Detective" star Mahershala
- ___ Ewoldt, first Asian-American to play Christine in Broadway's "Phantom"
- Actress Tatyana
- Wong of "American Housewife"
- Artist Abdu
- Subject of David Remnick's "King of the World"
- Broadway actress Stroker
- Clay became him
- Larter of "Resident Evil" films
- Mahershala of "House of Cards"
- Clay, beginning in 1964
- "... butterfly ... bee" boxer
- Ben and Virginia ___, founders of Ben's Chili Bowl
- "Always Be My Maybe" actress/writer Wong
- Tony-winning actress Stroker
- "Oklahoma!" Tony winner Stroker
- See 47-Across
- "Paper Girls" actress Wong
- Boxer who said, "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
- "Moonlight" actor Mahershala
- Guyanese president Irfaan ___
- Velshi of MSNBC
- Stand-up comedian Wong
- Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion)
- 23-Across, in boxing
- "Sportsman of the Century," per Sports Illustrated
- "He died the most beloved person on the planet," per Ken Burns
- "Beef" star Wong
- Mahershala or Muhammad
- Wong of "Baby Cobra"
- Nickname that drops "son"
- Frazier opponent
- "Beef" actress Wong
- 2001 biopic starring Will Smith
- Boxer who received a Liberty Medal for being a "champion of freedom"
- Wepner's 1975 opponent in the ring
- Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight"
- Actor Fazal
- Soccer star Krieger
- ___ Stroker, Tony-winning actress for 2019's "Oklahoma!"
- Athlete who boasted "I'm young; I'm handsome; I'm fast; I'm pretty and can't possibly be beat"
- See 50-Across
- "Leave the World Behind" actor Mahershala
- Wong of "Birds of Prey"
- "Tuca & Bertie" star Wong
- Actress Wong
- Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River
- "Beef" Emmy winner Wong
- Boxer who defeated Superman in a 1978 DC Comics issue
- Athlete with the only vertically mounted marker on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so his holy name is not walked upon
- "The Greatest" memoirist
- Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums
- MSNBC's Velshi
- Important figure in Shia Islam
- Wong of "Beef"
- Mahershala who was the first Muslim performer to win an Oscar
- Arab name that means "high"
- 2001 film depicting the Rumble in the Jungle
- Boxer who lit the cauldron at the 1996 Olympics
- Boxer who said, "The will must be stronger than the skill"
- Lord of the rings?
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