Editing Ali (film) (section)

==Plot==
Before his championship debut against the heavyweight champion [[Sonny Liston]], [[Muhammad Ali|Cassius Clay Jr.]] taunts Liston then dominates the early rounds of the match. Halfway through, he complains of a burning feeling in his eyes (implying that Liston has tried to cheat) and says he is unable to continue. His trainer/manager [[Angelo Dundee]] gets him to keep fighting. Once Clay sees again, he dominates the fight and Liston quits before round seven, making Clay the second-youngest heavyweight champion at the time after [[Floyd Patterson]].

Clay spends time with [[Malcolm X]] and is invited to the home of [[Nation of Islam]] leader [[Elijah Muhammad]], where he is given the name Muhammad Ali, much to the disapproval of his father, Cassius Sr. Ali marries Sonji Roi, an ex-[[Playboy Bunny]], although she is not [[Muslim]] and does not abide [[Islam and gender segregation|sex segregation]]. Ali goes to Africa and meets up with Malcolm X, but later refuses to speak to him, honoring the wishes of Elijah. He is distraught over the [[assassination of Malcolm X]].

Upon returning to America, Ali fights Liston a second time and knocks him out in the first round. He and Sonji divorce after she objects to various obligations Muslim women have.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/muhammad-ali-women-who-loved-8111280|title=Muhammad Ali and the women who loved him during his four marriages|last=Mirror.co.uk|date=2016-06-04|work=mirror|access-date=2018-03-08|archive-date=2018-03-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180309054153/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/boxing/muhammad-ali-women-who-loved-8111280|url-status=live}}</ref>

Ali then refuses conscription for the [[Vietnam War]] and is stripped of his boxing license, passport, and title, and sentenced to five years in prison. After marrying 17-year-old [[Khalilah Ali|Belinda Boyd]] and a three-year hiatus from boxing, his conviction is overturned in [[Clay v. United States]], and in his comeback fight, he goes against [[Jerry Quarry]] and wins by technical knockout in three rounds. Ali attempts to regain the heavyweight championship against [[Joe Frazier]]. In the "[[Fight of the Century]]", Frazier generally has the upper hand against Ali and wins by decision, the first loss of Ali's career. Frazier later loses the championship to [[George Foreman]].

Foreman and Ali go to [[Kinshasa|Kinshasa, Zaire]], for the [[the Rumble in the Jungle|Rumble in the Jungle]] fight. There, Ali meets [[Veronica Porché Ali|Veronica Porché]] and has an affair with her. After reading rumors of his infidelity in newspapers, his wife Belinda travels to Zaire to confront him. Ali says he is unsure whether he loves Veronica, but is focused solely on his upcoming title shot.

For a good portion of the fight against Foreman, Ali leans back against the ropes ([[Rope-a-dope]]) allowing Foreman to tire himself out. He then knocks out the exhausted Foreman, regaining the Heavyweight Championship.