Gallery: Muhammad Ali

The winners of the 1960 Olympic medals for light heavyweight boxing on the winners' podium at Rome

Ali fighting Henry Cooper at Wembley on 18 June 1963

A "one round non-title fight" with 6 year old Patrick Power on 4 June 1963

Ali flies around the ring after beating Sonny Liston in the seventh round of the World Heavyweight Title bout in Miami Beach - 27 February 1964

Ali leaves the ring after the Liston fight

Floyd Patterson slumps to the canvas in the sixth - November 1965

Pictured outside his West End Hotel during his stay in London to fight Henry Cooper in May 1966

Ali lands a right to the head of Brian London during their World Heavyweight Title fight at Earls Court in London in 1966

In a 1971 title fight at Madison Square Gardens, Ali goes down in the 15th round to a left hook from Joe Frazier

Ali v Cathal O'Shannon in an interview broadcast on 18 July 1972

"Rumble in the Jungle" - Ali and titleholder George Foreman clash on 30 October 1974 in Kinshasa

Ali prepares to hit Hungarian-born Joe Bugner in their title fight at the Merdeka Stadium in Kuala Lumpur - 1975

Muhammad Ali wins his third World Heavyweight Title against Leon Spinks on 15 September 1978

Ali with his daughters Laila and Hanna at Grosvenor House in December 1978

Muhammad Ali receives a birthday greeting from TV technician Maureen White as he leaves the Classic cinema in London's Haymarket in 1979

Relaxing at home in 1980

The Bosnia and Herzegovina ambassador to the UN thanks Muhamed Ali for supporting the predominantly Muslim republic in 1993

Ali and George Foreman at the Academy awards in Los Angeles in 1997

At a ceremony for the holy month of Ramadan in the Royal Palace in Rabat in Morocco - 1998

Ali shakes hands with Tiger Woods as they arrive at Madison Square Garden in 2001

Ali lights the first Olympic torch for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Winter Games at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta in 2001

Muhammad Ali attends a news conference at the National Press Club on 24 May 2011