These photos of Muhammad Ali, curated from more than 3,000 images, are now public for the first time from USA TODAY Sports Images. They’re originally from the library of the Louisville Courier-Journal, part of the USA TODAY Sports Media Group and the hometown newspaper of Ali’s family.
The photos may be purchased through the USA TODAY Muhammad Ali Photo Store. For The Win is also giving away one of the following eight prints. Learn more and enter to win at FTW’s Facebook page.
First pro fight (1960)
Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay (right), in his first professional bout with Tunney Hunsaker (left) at Freedom Hall on October 30, 1960. // Credit: Warren Klosterman, The Courier-Journal, USA TODAY Sports
A pink Cadillac for mom (1960)
Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay (right), shows off a new pink Cadillac to his mother Odessa Clay (left). He bought the automobile for his parents following his first professional fight in 1960. // Credit: Jean A. Baron, The Courier-Journal, USA TODAY Sports
Joe Martin (1960)
Joe Martin (right) talks with Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay (left), when Ali was a top prospect in 1960. Martin was Ali’s first boxing teacher. // Credit: Tom Easterling, The Courier-Journal, USA TODAY Sports
Behind the wheel (1963)
Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay, gives a victory sign from behind the wheel of his convertible after winning his driver’s license back in 1963. // Credit: Bud Kamenish, The Courier-Journal, USA TODAY Sports
Great Grandma (1963)
Muhammad Ali, then Cassius Clay (left), and his brother Rahman Ali, then Rudy Clay (right), walk with their great-grandmother Betsy Jane Greathouse (center), who was 99 when this picture was taken in 1963 in Louisville. // Credit: Charles Fentress Jr., The Courier-Journal, USA TODAY Sports
Fog jog (1978)
Muhammad Ali takes his daily three-mile run along a Pennsylvania country road shrouded in early morning fog near his Deer Lake training camp in 1978. // Credit: Keith Williams, The Courier-Journal, USA TODAY Sports
Famous face (1980)
Muhammad Ali reacts during a training session at the 5th Street Gym in Miami Beach, Florida prior to his 1980 fight against Larry Holmes. // Credit: Robert Mayer, USA TODAY Sports
Popsicle with Hana (1980)
Former heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali shares a popsicle with his daughter Hana Ali at home in Louisville, Kentucky in 1980. // Credit; Keith Williams, The Courier-Journal, USA TODAY Sports
