Editing Muhammad Ali (section)

===News coverage and tributes===
Following Ali's death, he was the number-one trending topic on Twitter for over 12 hours and on Facebook for several days. [[BET]] played their documentary ''Muhammad Ali: Made In Miami''. [[ESPN]] played four hours of non-stop commercial-free coverage of Ali. News networks, such as [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], [[BBC]], [[CNN]], and [[Fox News]], also covered him extensively.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

He was mourned globally, and a family spokesman said the family "certainly believes that Muhammad was a citizen of the world ... and they know that the world grieves with him".<ref name="Columbian">{{cite news |title=Ali: 'Citizen' of the world' |url=http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jun/04/ali-citizen-of-the-world/ |newspaper=Columbian |date=June 6, 2016 |access-date=June 6, 2016 |archive-date=June 6, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606120632/http://www.columbian.com/news/2016/jun/04/ali-citizen-of-the-world/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Politicians such as [[Barack Obama]], [[Hillary Clinton]], [[Bill Clinton]], [[Donald Trump]], [[David Cameron]] and more paid tribute to Ali. Ali also received numerous tributes from the world of sports including [[Michael Jordan]], [[Tiger Woods]], [[Floyd Mayweather]], [[Mike Tyson]], the [[Miami Marlins]], [[LeBron James]], [[Steph Curry]] and more. Then-Louisville mayor [[Greg Fischer]] stated, "Muhammad Ali belongs to the world. But he only has one hometown."<ref name="Columbian" />

The day after Ali's death, the [[UFC]] paid tribute to Ali at their [[UFC 199]] event in a lengthy video tribute package, crediting Ali for his accomplishments and inspiring multiple UFC champions.<ref>{{cite web |last=Emery |first=Debbie |date=June 4, 2016 |title=UFC 199 Invades LA Forum, Honors Boxing Legend Muhammad Ali |url=https://www.thewrap.com/ufc-199-invades-the-la-forum-honors-boxing-legend-muhammad-ali/ |access-date=January 16, 2020 |work=The Wrap |archive-date=August 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200805080747/https://www.thewrap.com/ufc-199-invades-the-la-forum-honors-boxing-legend-muhammad-ali/amp/ }}</ref>