Timeline : significant events in Muhammad Ali's life
Boxing in its historical and cultural context
The Lip is launched : Cassius Clay emerges, 1942-1960
The Lip arrives : May 1960-June 1963
The Liston bouts and the "total eclipses of the Sonnys" : June 1964-May 1965
The brief ascendancy and long fall : June 1965-April 1967
Exile : April 1967-September 1970
A triumphant return : Oct. 1970-January 1974
From Foreman to retirement : the last professional years
Epilogue : the real Muhammad Ali.
