ALI - Crossword Puzzle Answer

Answer: ALI

ALI is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 1082 times.

She was Jenny in "Love Story"
One called "The Lion of God"
Rhyming boxing champ
"When We Were Kings" subject
Subject of a 1996 Oscar-winning documentary
Longtime Frazier foe
Baritone in Rabaud's "Marouf"
"1,001 Arabian Nights" hero
Champion of 10/30/74
Rope-a-dope exponent
Sports Illustrated's 1974 Sportsman of the Year
Spinks defeater, 1978
Foreman's superior
1996 Olympic torch lighter
Actress MacGraw
Former ring king
He KO'd Quarry, 10/26/70
"The Greatest"
Ryan's "Love Story" co-star
Loser to Norton, 1973
The Lion of God
Champ of 10/30/74
The People's Champ
Clay, now
"Aladdin" prince
"The Martyrdom of ___" (classic Muslim work)
He stung like a bee
Muhammad ___
Poetic pugilist
Fatima's spouse
Frazier foe
He K.O.'d Foreman 10/30/74
Husband of Fatima
Winner of 10/30/74
The self-proclaimed "Greatest"
Ring king
The Greatest
___ Baba
"Mârouf" baritone
Fatima's husband
Thrilla in Manila participant
"When We Were Kings" profilee
7th-century Arab caliph
He KO'd Foreman
Successor to the Prophet, in Islam
MacGraw of "Love Story"
Bard of boxing
He floated "like a butterfly"
Rope-a-dope boxer
Boxer Muhammad
Pop singer Tatyana
Noted 1964 convert to Islam
Torch lighter at the 1996 Olympics
___ Hakim ("Oklahoma!" character)
"The Martyrdom of ___" (Muslim classic)
Role in Rabaud's "Mârouf"
Ring master?
Comeback maker of 10/30/74
Clay, today
Pugilist poet
Boxer Laila ___
Former ring leader
Clay, eventually
Clay, after transformation
Son-in-law of Muhammad
Foreman KO'er
Longtime ring champ
Champ who could "sting like a bee"
Will Smith title role
Biopic starring Will Smith
2001 Will Smith title role
Actress/singer Tatyana ___
Noted knocker-outer
2001 biopic
His won-lost record was 56-5
Berbick beat him in 1981
Remodeled Clay?
Thrilla in Manila boxer
2001 Will Smith role
Iraq's Imam ___ Mosque
Will Smith biopic
"Prince ___" ("Aladdin" song)
Foreman KO'er, 1974
"Fresh Prince of Bel Air" co-star Tatyana ___
Subject of the biography "Float Like a Butterfly"
The Louisville Lip
Poetry-spouting pugilist
2001 role for Will Smith
Tatyana of "Fresh Prince of Bel Air"
He put people on the ropes
Tomb of ___, in Najaf, Iraq
Clay, after 1964
A caliph of Islam
"___ Baba and the 40 Thieves"
Iranian ayatollah Sayyed ___ Khamenei
Self-proclaimed "Greatest"
Seventh-century Arab caliph
Louisville museum subject
Cousin of Muhammad
He KO'd Foreman in '74
Ring master?
With 14-Across, a famous "cave man"
Quarry quasher of 1970
MacGraw of "The Getaway"
Lord of the ring, once
He could "float like a butterfly, sting like a bee"
Ayatollah ___ Khamenei
Iran's Ayatollah ___ Khamenei
Zulfikar ___ Bhutto, 1970's Pakistani leader
Three-time Frazier opponent
Thrilla in Manila victor
He said "Champions aren't made in gyms"
Oscar-nominated Will Smith role
2001 Will Smith biopic
Boxer Laila
First Shia imam
Laila who dances in and out of the ring
"Rope-a-dope" boxer
Kentucky's Athlete of the Century
He came out of retirement in 1980
Will Smith biopic, 2001
"Infidel" author Ayaan Hirsi ___
"Sting like a bee" athlete
"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee" boxer
Figure in the Sunni/Shia split
Title role about a titleholder
"Heroes" actress Larter
HBO's "Da ___ G Show"
Clay, by another name
Boxing champ from Louisville, Kentucky
Title role for Will Smith
Clay, after a while
Noted ring leader
The Fight of the Century fighter
Sacha Baron Cohen character ___ G
1960 Olympics boxing gold medalist
Rumble in the Jungle victor
Noted convert to Islam in 1964
Foreman foe
"Aladdin" hero
Iranian supreme leader ___ Khamenei
BBC's Sports Personality of the Century
World champion of 1964-67, 1974-78 and 1978-79
He "stung like a bee"
Retired boxing icon
He whipped Foreman in '74
"Fresh Prince of Bel Air" actress Tatyana
He stung "like a bee"
"Float like a butterfly" boxer
Baba beginning
Clay, after a name change
"Thrilla in Manila" winner
He thrilled 'em in Manila
He was thrice the champ
Spinks opponent of 1978
1996 Olympic cauldron lighter
Boxer known as "The Greatest"
Son-in-law of Mohammad
He lit the 1996 Olympics flame
"Rope-a-dope" pugilist
Boxer whose name is hidden in eight answers
2001 Will Smith movie
Boxer whose daughter is also a boxer
His last match was against Berbick
Forty Thieves foe
Scheherazade protagonist
2001 movie bio
Foreman's 1974 superior
Ring legend
Ryan's "Love Story" costar
Fabled woodcutter ___ Baba
Boxer with a "sting like a bee"
Arabian Nights name
Winner of the "Thrilla in Manila"
Prince of "Aladdin"
Baba or MacGraw
Lighter of the 1996 Olympic torch
Smith portrayal of 2001
He won the "Thrilla in Manila"
He had a "sting like a bee"
"Thrilla in Manila" victor
Boxer from Louisville
Clay, since 1964
International Boxing Hall of Fame charter member
Holmes was his last opponent
First name in Scheherazade's tales
Boxer known as the "Louisville Lip"
"___ Baba and the Forty Thieves"
He used to "sting like a bee"
Boxer known for rhymes
"Thrilla in Manila" boxer
2001 film about a boxer
Frazier's "Thrilla in Manila" foe
Ring king born Cassius Clay
Outspoken boxer
Subject of a museum in Louisville, Kentucky
Biopic that starred Will Smith
"Rumble in the Jungle" boxer
Winner of "The Thrilla in Manila"
"Open, sesame!" sayer
"When We Were Kings" king
Laila in the ring
Will Smith title role of 2001
Will Smith biopic of 2001
Will Smith portrayal
Retired boxer with a win-loss record of 56-5
Boxing legend
Actress Larter of "Heroes"
Ring leader, once
"The Greatest" boxer
Sports Illustrated's 1999 "Sportsman of the Century"
Frazier foe, once
"The Louisville Lip"
"I am the greatest" speaker
'80s Giants kicker Haji-Sheikh
Boxer who lost "The Drama in the Bahamas" in 1981
Boxer whose record was 56-5 with 37 KOs
Three-time heavyweight champ
"The Soul of a Butterfly" memoirist
"When you're as great as I am, it's hard to be humble" speaker
Frazier rival
Model Landry
Big name in flooring?
Subject of the biography "King of the World"
Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Century
Larter of "Heroes"
Rubina ___ of "Slumdog Millionaire"
Subject of the book "Sting Like a Bee"
"___ Baba Goes to Town" (1937 Eddie Cantor film)
He's on the Madison Square Garden Walk of Fame
Four-time winner of Ring magazine's Fighter of the Year award in the 1970s
Boxer nicknamed "The Greatest"
He's pictured on the cover of the book "Ghosts of Manila"
___ Khamenei (supreme leader of Iran)
"My toughest fight was with my first wife" speaker
Oscar-nominated role for Smith
U.N. Messenger of Peace appointee in 1998
Million-dollar Baba?
2001 film directed by Michael Mann
She played Jennifer in "Love Story"
2005 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient
Kristofferson's costar in the TV movie "Freedom Road"
Cover subject of the April 1968 issue of Esquire
Subject matter, with Cosell, of the book "Sound and Fury"
___ by Adidas (line of sports apparel)
Subject of the book "Loser and Still Champion"
Louisville's ___ Center
He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated cover appearances
Pugilist Muhammad
Three-time opponent of Frazier
Ben ___ (1886 Kentucky Derby winner)
CNN business anchor Velshi
2001 film featuring Mario Van Peebles as Malcolm X
1996 Miss USA winner Landry
The ___ shuffle
He knocked out Liston in the first round on May 25, 1965
X contemporary
Frazier's "Thrilla in Manila" opponent
Two-time Quarry opponent
She finished third behind Ohno and Fatone on "Dancing With the Stars"
1977 Warhol subject
Eponym of a Parkinson research center in Phoenix
"I'll beat him so bad he'll need a shoehorn to put his hat on" boaster
See 30-Down
Turkish military governor ___ Pasha
"Rumble in the Jungle" fighter
"It's not bragging if you can back it up" speaker
Foreman fighter
"Da ___ G Show"
Carroll character
Rap duo ___ & Gipp
Norton contemporary
Ring master
Frequent LeRoy Neiman subject
Singer/actress Lohan
Slugger from Louisville
Tatyana of "The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air"
Lighter of the Olympic flame in Atlanta
Boxer who carried a torch at the 1996 Olympics
Muhammad with gloves
Baba of fiction
Baba with magic words
Will Smith role
He was the first to beat Foreman
"Rumble in the Jungle" name
"Sting like a bee" boxer
Boxer played by Smith
Louisville's __ Center, cultural attraction
Talkative fighter
Thriller in Manila
Old ring leader?
Pugilist Laila
Boxing family name
Rhyming boxer
Baba not au rhum?
Sacha Baron Cohen persona __ G
Laila of pugilism
Star in the ring
Laila of boxing
"The Greatest" in the ring
MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus"
Arabic for ''the highest''
Joe Frazier foe
Boxer nicknamed ''The Greatest''
Boxing Hall of Famer
Will Smith film role
__ Baba
Will Smith film of 2001
''Aladdin'' protagonist
MacGraw of ''Love Story''
''Aladdin'' prince
Arabic prename
Joe Frazier rival
'60s heavyweight champ
Larter of ''Heroes''
''The Greatest''
Ring master of yore
He ''stung like a bee''
Ring great
Olympic flame lighter at Atlanta
Boxing great
''Thrilla in Manila'' victor
''The Greatest'' boxer
''The Greatest'' in the ring
Will Smith film
''Rumble in the Jungle'' winner
Former heavyweight champ
__ Center (Louisville museum)
Boxer played by Will Smith
Foreman opponent
Liston defeater
37-time ''Sports Illustrated'' cover figure
Smith title role
Focus of a Louisville museum
Muhammad or Laila
Poet in the ring
Foreman beater in '74
SI's Athlete of the Century
He fought Foreman
Frazier defeater
Foreman adversary
''Thrilla in Manila'' principal
''Rumble in the Jungle'' victor
Famous boxer
Jenny in ''Love Story''
''When We Were Kings'' profilee
Film in which Voight plays Cosell
The Greatest, in the ring
"When We Were Kings" athlete
Victor in Zaire, 1974
Outspoken champ
''I am the greatest'' proclaimer
Legendary heavyweight boxing champ
''The Thousand and One Nights'' hero
He worked on canvases
Boxing winner in Zaire, 1974
Rope-a-dope coiner
Boxing legend from Kentucky
''I am the greatest'' speaker
Noted boxing shuffle inventor
One-time ring king
Certain caliph in Islam
The self-proclaimed ''Greatest''
Legendary boxing champ
He's second to Jordan in Sports Illustrated covers
Rope-a-dope inventor
Clay, later
''Thrilla in Manila'' combatant
Cosell's longtime foil
Role for Will Smith
1996 Olympic hero
''Rope-a-dope'' boxer
His jaw was broken by a boxing 24-Across
"Rumble in the Jungle" participant
Great heavyweight
Smokin' Joe foe
Cassius Clay, now
"Fight of the Century" loser
Clay, after a conversion
Torch lighter at the Atlanta Olympics
Boxing great, or her father
1960 gold-winning pugilist
Loser of the "Fight of the Century"
Three-time Frazier foe
Athlete named a U.N. Messenger of Peace
Winner of the Thrilla in Manila
Arabic name meaning "exalted"
Clay, after converting
Rumble in the Jungle winner
Legendary pugilist
Ring master, once
Old Clay
Ring rhymer
Wepner whipper
Clay until March 6, 1964
He had 37 KOs
Smith biopic
2001 sports biopic
Mailer's subject in "The Fight"
Kentucky legend
Thrilla in Manila winner
Sports legend from Kentucky
Fourth caliph of Sunni Islam
Laila's father
Heroic figure of the 1996 Olympics
2001 biographical film
Frazier floored him
"When We Were Kings" star
Foreman's superior?
Boxing bigwig
Former boxing champ
"Thrilla in Manila" combatant
Will Smith portrayed him
Louisville sports icon
Three-time '60s-'70s heavyweight champ
Champ from Louisville
Fighter with a shuffle
Former champ with a Presidential Medal of Freedom
Joe Frazier's ring rival
Pugilist from Louisville
"American Gladiators "cohost
Pugilistic poet
First three-time heavyweight champ
He dethroned Foreman
Pakistani president Asif ___ Zardari
Ring icon
"The Greatest" via self-proclamation
Ring king with a sting
"Arabian Nights" figure, ___ Baba
Muhammad ___, opponent of 53-Down
"I ain't got no quarrel with the Viet Cong" speaker
Self-proclaimed "Greatest" boxer
Thief thwarter Baba
Foreman's foe in Zaire
Baba of folklore
Fassbinder film "___: Fear Eats the Soul"
Baba who stole from thieves
Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century
Cosell interviewee
He fought Frazier three times
Boxing biopic
Muslim convert in 1964 news
Will Smith portrayal of 2001
Legend in the ring
"__ Baba Bunny": classic Bugs cartoon
"Open, sesame" speaker
Baba of "The Arabian Nights"
"When We Were Kings" boxer
Rhymer in the ring
___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" hero)
Induction-refusing boxing champ
Fighter who was a dove
"The Greatest" subject
Noted Cosell interviewee
___ Baba ("Arabian Nights" character)
Poetic boxer
'70s boxing champ
Self-proclaimed "greatest" of boxing
Boxer with a Louisville museum
Focus of a Louisville cultural center
He "floated like a butterfly"
His title was stripped in '67
Clay, transformed
Rhyming fighter
HBO's ___ G
Baba who tangled with thieves
"I am the greatest" proclaimer
"The Thousand and One Nights" hero
Jenny in "Love Story"
Sacha Baron Cohen persona ___ G
Louisville's ___ Center, cultural attraction
"___ Baba Bunny": classic Bugs cartoon
"Arabian Nights" name
Clay, after change
Pugilist-poet
Lord of the ring?
Arabic for "the highest"
"Thrilla in Manila" principal
"Rumble in the Jungle" victor
"Aladdin" protagonist
"Rumble in the Jungle" winner
___ Center (Louisville museum)
37-time "Sports Illustrated" cover figure
Noted ex-heavyweight
"If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize" boaster
Larter of Heroes
"Thrilla in Manila" participant
Fight of the Century loser
Fedotowsky of "The Bachelorette"
Former bachelorette Fedotowsky
Common Muslim name
___ MacGraw "Love Story" co-star
The prophet Muhammed's cousin
Lindsay Lohan's sister
2001 Michael Mann film
Well-known jabber?
"The greatest" of boxing
Ex-ring king
Ex-ring king
2001 film in which Ron Silver played Angelo Dundee
Mohammed ______
Caliph
MacGraw or Khan
____ Baba
Cassius Clay now
Cassius now
Clay now
Khan or Baba
Cassius, now
The former Clay
____ Khan
____ Baba
____baba
"Arabian Nights" figure ___ Baba
Yemeni leader ___ Abdullah Saleh
2001 film bio
'70s heavyweight champ
Heavyweight champ after Liston
Boxer called "The Greatest"
"The Greatest: My Own Story" author
Frazier foe
Three-time heavyweight boxing champ
Boxing's greatest
Mohammed ___ Jinnah
With 1-Down, discoverer of cave treasure
Famed fighter in the ring
Boxer with an allegiance to 16-Across
See 109-Down
___ G (HBO character)
KO connection maker
His title was stripped in 1967
He dropped many men
The greatest pugilist, he says
Frazier downer
"The Mouth That Roared"
Hero in Zaire, 1974
Ex-boxer Laila
Big name in pugilism
Pro who packed a punch
Noted Olympic torch lighter of 1996
His crown was stripped in 1967
"Fight of the Century" participant
'The Greatest'
Mr. Baba
Will Smith movie
Ryan's 'Love Story' co-star
Noted pugilist
MacGraw of movies
Boxing's 'Greatest'
Clay alias
Will Smith biopic role
With 21-Down, 'Arabian Nights' hero
Actress Larter
Foreman competitor
Foreman rival
'When We Were Kings' subject
Ms. MacGraw
Big name in boxing lore
Actress Landry
Clay's ring name
Hogan's 'American Gladiators' co-host
Liston opponent
With 5-Across, 'open sesame' man
'Rumble in the Jungle' contender
Sports legend
With 37-Down, thieves' foe
'Rope-a-dope' specialist
With 35-Across, thieves' thwarter
With 4-Down, 'Love Story' star
'Thrilla in Manila' fighter
Old foe of Frazier
'The Greatest' boxer
Boxing great Muhammad
Old ring king Muhammad
Foe of Frazier
Old ring king
Boxer Clay, renamed
Ring king Muhammad
Ring legend Muhammad
With 6-Across, 'Open, sesame!' utterer
With 7-Down, 'Open, sesame!' sayer
Onetime ring king
Former Frazier foe
"I am the greatest" source
He KO'd many men
Dundee's protege in the ring
Memorable press-conference rhymer
___ Shuffle (boxing move)
1996 Olympic flame lighter
Steve's "The Getaway" co-star
"The Greatest" of the ring
Muhammad of the ring
Thrilla in Manila fighter
Common Arab given name
Baba with an ax
Baba of "Arabian Nights"
Foreman's one-time superior?
Sports Illustrated named him Sportsman of the Century in 1999
Clay, after a transformation?
He was thrice the boxing champ
Baba the woodcutter
Successor of Muhammad, to Shiites
Ring leader?
Fighter formerly known as Clay
"facing ____ " (2009 sports book)
He licked Liston
Loquacious boxing champ
"The Greatest" pugilist
Holmes beat him in 1980
"American Gladiators" co-host Laila
Ring great Muhammad
"The Rumble in the Jungle" boxer
Muhammad who refereed the first WrestleMania
"The Mouth That Roared" of the ring
Fistic legend
Fourth caliph in Sunni Islam
Ring figure
Legendary boxer
"Rumble in the Jungle" champ
Storied Baba
"The Soul of a Butterfly" autobiographer
Eastern potentate
Alcindor : Abdul-Jabbar :: Clay : ___
Woodcutter Baba
Clay's chosen name
Boxing legend Muhammad
"Lawrence of Arabia" role
Model/actress Landry
Rhyming boxing legend
Louisville's Muhammad ___ Center
Onetime giant in decking
Spinks's opponent in two title fights
Self-proclaimed "greatest" of the ring
First fighter to KO Liston
Biopic role for Will Smith
Subject of a museum in Louisville
Baba who outwitted thieves
A boxing legend
Boxing great Muhammad ___
Boxing biopic starring Will Smith
Clay with a new name
Boxer who won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Games as Cassius Clay
Steve calls her Slim in "The Getaway"
Quarry beater in 1970
"___, boom-ba-yay" (Rumble in the Jungle chant)
Subject of the 1998 biography "King of the World"
"Chemical" Iraqi
Very common Muslim name
Boxer who floated like a butterfly, stung like a bee
Iran's ___ Khamenei
Noted press conference rhymer
2001 Michael Mann biopic
Liston beater, 1965
He floored Foreman in Zaire
Name among boxing legends
Who said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
Foreman striker
2001 boxing biopic
"Greatest" of boxing
Former pugilist Laila
Laila who won her first prizefight in 31 seconds
"I am the greatest" boxer
Prizefighting legend
He said he was the greatest, and many agree
Poetic fighter
"Greatest" of the ring
Boxer who boasted "If you even dream of beating me you'd better wake up and apologize"
Sacha Baron Cohen's "Da ___ G Show"
1974 Fassbinder film subtitled "Fear Eats the Soul"
Frazier's Fight of the Century foe
Former CNN business anchor Velshi
Cassius lately
Clay, nowdays
He beat Liston twice
Old Frazier foe
His last fight was a loss to Trevor Berbick
"I am the greatest" claimant
Khan of Pakistan
"One Thousand and One Nights" hero
The People's Champion
Spinks foe
Athlete with the autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly"
He proclaimed "I shook up the world"
"Fight of the Century" contender
Khan, for one
Olympic torch figure of 1996
Frazier's longtime foe
Boxing name of fame
Boxer in the first-ever pay-per-view match
With 1-Across, 'Open sesame' speaker
Surname among boxing legends
Liston's conqueror
Sportsman of the Century, per Sports Illustrated in 1999
Former boxer Laila
Ex-heavyweight champ
Boxer portrayed in a 2001 biopic
Boxer played by Will Smith in a 2001 biopic
Arabic name meaning "high"
___ G (Sacha Baron Cohen persona)
Legend of the ring
Boxer who defeated Foreman
"Rope-a-dope" practitioner
Rope-a-dope name
Frequent Cosell interviewee
Ring king, once
Hollywood's MacGraw
Arabic name that means "exalted"
1970s foe of Frazier
Iraq's Imam ___ Air Base
Baba, for one
Boxing's Muhammad
Liston fighter
Prince in "Aladdin"
"The Greatest" in a ring
Frank's assistant on "Bring 'em Back Alive"
He opened the 1996 Olympics
Cocky real-life Rocky
MacGraw of "Goodbye, Columbus" and "Love Story"
Baba
Opponent of 14-Down, in sports
Baba or a boxer
'Prince ___' ('Aladdin' song)
Muhammad follower
"Mahershalalhashbaz of the 4400"
2001 Will Smith film
Ralph's wife
Foreman battler
"I Am ___" (2014 documentary about a famous boxer)
Frazier fighter
Larter of TVs "Heroes"
Former foe of Frazier and Foreman
Boxer Muhammad ___
Prince in 'Aladdin'
Boxing's "Greatest"
Legendary fighter
Laila of 'We Need to Talk'
"The Trials of Muhammad ___" (2013 documentary)
Clay, once
Foreman toppler
Figure in a Sunni/Shia dispute
Legendary Frazier foe
Noted conscientious objector
Foreman superior, once
Gold medalist of 1960, under a previous name
Famed boxer
Three-time Frazier fighter
"Aladdin" character
Boxing immortal
Former boxing king
Ringmaster with rhymes
Poetic puncher
Heavyweight great
"Open sesame" speaker
Iraq's Mosque of ___ (pilgrimage site)
Clay, nowadays
Steve's co-star in "The Getaway"
Legendary boxing champion
"Arabian Nights" prename
Louisville slugger
Renowned fighter
Clay of the past
Fighter from Kentucky
Three-time foe for Frazier
He perfected the rope-a-dope
Foe of Frazier and Foreman
Big ring name
Thieves foiler
He's known as "The Greatest"
U.S. women's soccer star Krieger
'70s ring king
Smith biopic role
Who said "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
Kentucky boxing legend
Arabian Nights prename
Boxer said to "sting"
Famous Frazier foe
He floated like a butterfly
Noted American follower of 20-Across
Ayaan Hirsi ___, author of "Infidel"
Clay no more
Actress McGraw
Macgraw of films
Foreman striker?
"Prince ___": "Aladdin" song
So-called "Commander of the Faithful"
Subject of a museum in Louisville, Ky.
Muhammad the legend
With 1-Across, woodcutter who stole from thieves
Induction refuser of 1967
"rope-a-dope" exponent
Ring rhymester
1970s heavyweight champ
Muhammad's successor, to Shiites
Dethroner of Foreman
Boxing's "Louisville Lip"
Rumble in the Jungle participant
Who said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"
Late boxing great
Pugilism's "The Greatest"
Subject of the kids' book "Twelve Rounds to Glory"
Late, great boxer
Boxer portrayed by Will Smith
Three-time ring foe of Frazier
Late boxing champion
Legendary 32-Across
Shi'ite caliph
Late, great boxing champ
Larter of TV's "Heroes"
Foreman vanquisher
Late rhyming boxing champ
Legendary Muhammad
___ bey
UN messenger of peace
"When We Were Kings" hero
With 27-Down, foe of the Forty Thieves
Loser of the Drama in Bahama
Three-time foe of Frazier
"Aladdin" figure
Champ before and after Spinks
With 10-Across, "Open sesame" sayer
Iconic boxer
His "slave name" was Clay
Thrilla in Manila figure
Lexington legend
Name meaning "high"
Last name among boxing legends
LeRoy Neiman subject
The Greatest of boxing
Legend of boxing
He said "If you even dream of beating me, you'd better wake up and apologize"
He called Frazier a "gorilla"
Film in which Jon Voight played Howard Cosell
Foe of Spinks
Laila of the ring
Exalted, in Islam
Noted ringmaster
Louisville slugger?
Noted rope-a-dope boxer
One nicknamed "The Greatest"
Who said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick"
"Moonlight" star Mahershala
Late boxing legend
Frazier's foe
Boxer with feats of Clay?
Boxing biopic of 2001
Subject of Mailer's "The Fight"
Mahershala ___, Best Supporting Actor for 17-Across
Boxing champ before and after Spinks
'The Greatest' fighter
Pugilistic friend of Cosell
Fighter eulogized by Bill Clinton, among others
Benazir's father
He sparred verbally with Cosell
Woodcutter in a children's story
Memorable fighter
"Rumble in the Jungle" combatant
Frazier's frequent foe
Three-time 1-Across
He was a thriller in Manila
Quotable boxer
Lyrical boxer
Mahershala ___, Oscar winner for "Moonlight"
One-time ring master
Norton and Foreman fighter
Mahershala of "Marvel's Luke Cage"
"The Rumble in the Jungle" victor
Louisville legend
Big name in boxing
Late heavyweight great
Ayaan Hirsi ___, Somali-born advocate for women's rights and religious freedom
Versifying ring legend
Onetime butterfly-bee analogist
"Hidden Figures" actor Mahershala ___
See 18-Across
Muhammad with the jabs
"MSNBC Live" co-anchor Velshi
Clay's transformation?
2001 biopic film
___ G, Sacha Baron Cohen character
Muhammad in a ring
Medal of Freedom athlete (2005)
Memorable boxer
He said "It's not bragging if you can back it up"
"Moonlight" Oscar winner Mahershala ___
See 83-Across
Ring champ's adopted surname
Foreman defeater in 1974
Noted ring shuffler
Boxer with a "shuffle"
1,001 Nights honorific
Real-life Superman opponent in a '78 comic book
Who said "Grass grows, birds fly, waves pound the sand. I beat people up"
Sports Illustrated cover frequenter
"His hands can't hit what his eyes can't see" speaker
Actor Mahershala of Netflix's "Luke Cage"
Man who was Clay
Who Clay became
2016 Best Supporting Actor winner Mahershala
Heavyweight legend
Women's soccer star Krieger
Common Arabic prename
An S.I. Sportsman of the Year
Self-proclaimed greatest boxer
He beat Ernie Terrell in 1967
"Moonlight" actor
"I beat people up" sayer (1977)
Mahershala ___, co-star of 2018's "Green Book"
Will Smith Oscar-nominated role
3-Down pugilist
"True Detective" star Mahershala ___
Former boxing champ Laila
Clay, after conversion
Muhammad with 37 34-Across
"Drama in Bahama" boxer
Subject of the 2004 autobiography "The Soul of a Butterfly"
Common Arab prename
Rumble in the Jungle champ
Mahershala of "True Detective"
Actor Mahershala ___
Muhammad's son-in-law
"Green Book" co-star Mahershala
Baba among thieves
Mahershala of "Green Book"
Olympic torchbearer Muhammad
"I beat people up" boxer
Who once boasted "I'm so mean, I make medicine sick!"
"Moonlight" Oscar winner
Sports star who once declared "I am America"
With 26-Down, "Open sesame!" speaker
Boxer who befriended Cosell
Three-time ring king
Boxer dubbed "The Greatest"
"Green Book" Oscar winner Mahershala ___
With 1-Down, "Arabian Nights" woodcutter
Athlete who said "Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer"
"She Bee Stingin'" boxer Laila
Oscar winner Mahershala
Boxer who proclaimed, "I am the greatest!"
World champion athlete under two different names
"Always Be My Maybe" star Wong
Boxing great Laila
Mahershala of "Moonlight"
Boxer who beat Frazier twice
___ Baba (forty thieves adversary)
Larter of "Resident Evil" movies
Funny Wong
Baba of the Arabian Nights
___ Baba (40 thieves' adversary)
Rhymester of the ring
___ Baba (Arabian Nights hero)
Baba in a cave
"Soul of a Butterfly" autobiographer
"Aladdin" alter ego
___ Baba and the Forty Thieves
Laila or Muhammad
Actress/comedian Wong
Boxer for whom Louisville International Airport is named
"Moonlight" Oscar winner Mahershala
Boxer in the documentary "What's My Name"
Fictional woodcutter Baba
Actor Mahershala
"Green Book" Oscar winner Mahershala
Actress Wong or Larter
___ Baba, crier of "Open sesame!"
Actress ___ mcgraw
Muslim-American icon
Comedian Wong
Self-styled stinger
Baba who said "Open sesame"
Tony winner Stroker
He said "I'm so mean I make medicine sick" (1974)
[boxing glove] [butterfly] [bee]
"The Rookie" actress Larter
"Green Book" star Mahershala
"I'm so mean, I make medicine sick" boxer
"Dear Girls" author Wong
Will Smith boxer role
1,001 Nights name
Journalist Velshi of MSNBC
"Baby Cobra" stand-up comedian Wong
"Love Story" star MacGraw
Krieger of the U.S. women's national soccer team
Academy Award winner for "Moonlight" and "Green Book"
"I got no quarrel with them Vietcong" speaker
Wong of "Always Be My Maybe"
Socker played by Smith
Rumble in the Jungle boxer
Subject of a Louisville museum
Big name in Islam
Broadway star Stroker
Stand-up comic Wong
"Baby Cobra" comedian Wong
Forty thieves opponent ___ Baba
Boxer who won the Thrilla in Manila
Louisville's Muhammad ___ Boulevard
2001 biopic about a boxer
"It's not bragging if you can back it up" boxer
Boxing legend Laila
Wong of stand-up comedy
Boxing family surname
Biopic with Malcolm X and Dr. King
"American Housewife" actress Wong
Runner Nia
Krieger of the U.S. women's soccer team
Former boxer Laila who wrote "Food for Life"
Two-Oscar actor of the 2010s
Velshi on MSNBC
Undefeated Laila
"___ Wong: Hard Knock Wife"
"Ramy" actor Mahershala
Arabian Nights guy ___ Baba
Hometown hero of Louisville, Ky.
Oscar-winning actor for "Moonlight" and "Green Book"
Undefeated boxer Laila
Title boxer of a 2001 biopic
"Baby Cobra" comic Wong
___ Krieger, U.S. women's soccer star
Wong of stand-up
Woman's nickname that drops "-son"
"___ Wong: Baby Cobra"
Mahershala with two Oscars
Whom Clay became
Heavyweight champ known as "The Greatest"
First Muslim with an acting Oscar (2017)
Boxing great Laila or Muhammad
Actor Mohammad-___ Keshavarz
Arabian Nights' ___ Baba
MSNBC co-anchor ___ Velshi
Ring star
Oscar winner Mahershala ___
"True Detective" star Mahershala
___ Ewoldt, first Asian-American to play Christine in Broadway's "Phantom"
Actress Tatyana
Wong of "American Housewife"
Artist Abdu
Subject of David Remnick's "King of the World"
Broadway actress Stroker
Clay became him
Larter of "Resident Evil" films
Mahershala of "House of Cards"
Clay, beginning in 1964
"... butterfly ... bee" boxer
Ben and Virginia ___, founders of Ben's Chili Bowl
"Always Be My Maybe" actress/writer Wong
Tony-winning actress Stroker
"Oklahoma!" Tony winner Stroker
See 47-Across
"Paper Girls" actress Wong
Boxer who said, "It's hard to be humble when you're as great as I am"
"Moonlight" actor Mahershala
Guyanese president Irfaan ___
Velshi of MSNBC
Stand-up comedian Wong
Sports Illustrated's Sportsman of the Year in 1974 (10 years after he first became world champion)
23-Across, in boxing
"Sportsman of the Century," per Sports Illustrated
"He died the most beloved person on the planet," per Ken Burns
"Beef" star Wong
Mahershala or Muhammad
Wong of "Baby Cobra"
Nickname that drops "son"
Frazier opponent
"Beef" actress Wong
2001 biopic starring Will Smith
Boxer who received a Liberty Medal for being a "champion of freedom"
Wepner's 1975 opponent in the ring
Actor Mahershala of "Moonlight"
Actor Fazal
Soccer star Krieger
___ Stroker, Tony-winning actress for 2019's "Oklahoma!"
Athlete who boasted "I'm young; I'm handsome; I'm fast; I'm pretty and can't possibly be beat"
See 50-Across
"Leave the World Behind" actor Mahershala
Wong of "Birds of Prey"
"Tuca & Bertie" star Wong
Actress Wong
Olympic champion who said he threw his gold medal into the Ohio River
"Beef" Emmy winner Wong
Boxer who defeated Superman in a 1978 DC Comics issue
Athlete with the only vertically mounted marker on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, so his holy name is not walked upon
"The Greatest" memoirist
Athlete with two Grammy-nominated spoken-word albums

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