Phoenix — Muhammad Ali, the former heavyweight champion known as much for his colorful turn of phrase as his dominance in the boxing ring, died late Friday as a result of respiratory problems coupled ...

He was fast of fist and foot -- lip, too -- a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly, he thrilled, even after the punches had taken their toll and ...

Ali, is reported to have died in a Phoenix-area hospital after being hospitalized this week for a respiratory ailment. Former world heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali, whose record-setting boxing ...

Ali, who had long suffered from Parkinson's syndrome which impaired his speech and made the once-graceful athlete almost a prisoner in his own body, died a day after he was admitted to a Phoenix-area ...

He was The Greatest. Muhammad Ali died Friday at age 74, according to a statement from the family. He was hospitalized in the Phoenix area with respiratory problems earlier this week, and his children ...

He was "The Greatest." Muhammad Ali died Friday, according to a statement from his family. He was 74. "We lost a legend, a hero and a great man," Floyd Mayweather told ESPN. Ali had been hospitalized ...

After he beat Liston to win the heavyweight title in 1964, Ali shocked the boxing world by announcing that he was a member of the Black Muslims -- the Nation of Islam -- and was rejecting his "slave ...