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In pictures: 70-year-old Muhammad Ali’s life in the ring

He floated like a butterfly and stung like a bee. Today he celebrates a milestone birthday, so here’s the champ’s life, in pictures.

In pictures: 70-year-old Muhammad Ali’s life in the ring
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    Ali at Heathrow Airport in 1963.
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    Ali trains in London in 1963.
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    Sweat spray flies from the head of challenger Joe Frazier as heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali connects with a right in the ninth round of their heavyweight title fight in Manila, Philippines. Ali won the fight on a decision to retain the title.
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    Ai, right, battles Ron Lyle during the 11th round of a heavyweight title bout in Las Vegas in 1975.
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    Muhammad Ali crouches on the canvas as Joe Frazier circles in the background after Ali slipped during the 11th round of their title fight at Madison Square Garden in New York on 1971.
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    World heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali is held back by referee Joe Walcott after Ali knocked out challenger Sonny Liston in 1 minute, 42 seconds of the first round of the scheduled 15 round championship bout in Lewiston, Maine in 1965.
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    Champion Muhammad Ali stands over Sonny Liston and taunts him to get up after knocking him down in the first round.
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    Challenger Muhammad Ali watches as defending world champion George Foreman goes down to the canvas in the eighth round of their WBA/WBC championship match in Kinshasa, Zaire - dubbed "Rumble in the Jungle."
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    Ali makes a point during a news conference that he conducts from inside the ring in Atlanta in 1970 before a fight with Jerry Quarry.
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    Cassius Clay's handlers hold him back as he reacts after he is announced the new heavyweight champion of the world on a seventh round technical knockout against Sonny Liston at Convention Hall in Miami Beach.
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    Muhammad Ali and Janet Evans with the Olympic flame in Atlanta in 1996.
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    Fans throng the streets of Ennis, Co Clare when Ali visits in 2009.
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    Boxing great Muhammad Ali visits the European team prior to the 2008 Ryder Cup at Valhalla Golf Club.
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    Ali arrives at the Special Olympics World Games Opening Ceremony at Croke Park in 2003.
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    Muhammad Ali in training for his fight against Henry Cooper.

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