At 18, Cassius Clay comes home from Rome with an Olympic gold medal and a habit of telling anyone who will listen exactly how great he is. By 1964, he is stepping into the ring against Sonny Liston, the most intimidating heavyweight of his era, as an underdog few people give a chance. The Greatest is the story of the years in between, and much of it unfolds outside the ring. It follows him with his parents in Louisville, with his brother Rudy, a fighter himself, and with trainer Angelo Dundee. It also follows him with Malcolm X, as a young man is drawn toward the faith that will soon give him a new name. Everything the world would come to know about Muhammad Ali starts here.
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