Muhammad Ali is, for many, the greatest boxer in history. A legend inside and outside the ring, the fighter will soon have a series on Amazon Prime Video. “The Greatest”, as it is called, will have eight episodes and comes from executive producers\u00a0Ben Watkins, Michael B. Jordan, and Shawn Carter. Muhammad Ali’s widow,\u00a0Lonnie Ali, has also taken part in the development of the miniseries, an exceptional witness to the events narrated in it.<\/p>\n
The cast of “The Greatest,” the series about Muhammad Ali<\/p>\n
Actor\u00a0Jaalen Best will portray\u00a0Ali, who died last June 3, 2016, in Arizona, United States. Meanwhile,\u00a0Amin Joseph will step into the role of Sonny Liston, the heavyweight’s historic rival.\u00a0Giovanni Ribisi will play Angelo Dundee, Muhammad Ali’s trainer, and\u00a0Michael Ealy will portray Malcom X. Let us remember that Ali, aside from his undeniable sporting significance, was a prominent social figure.<\/p>\n
Jon Jones faces off with Muhammad Ali’s grandson<\/p>\n
When does “The Greatest” premiere on Amazon Prime Video?<\/p>\n
‘”The Greatest”, the eight-episode series about the life of Muhammad Ali, will arrive on Amazon Prime Video next Wednesday, November 4. “Fighters like you come along once in a lifetime. Maybe once in history.” That\u2019s how the trailer begins. In it, we see glimpses of Ali \u2019s family tension with his father, his rivalry with Sonny Liston, and the protagonist\u2019s involvement in social issues in the United States.’<\/p>\n
Muhammad Ali: three-time world champion and an Olympic gold medal<\/p>\n
Some of Muhammad Ali’s phrases and images from his fights are icons in the history of sport. Nicknamed “The greatest” (“The greatest,” the name of the series), he holds a professional record of 56 victories (37 by KO) and five defeats (one by technical knockout, against Larry Holmes in the tenth round). Born as Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr., he later changed his name, was three-time world heavyweight champion and won Olympic gold in Rome 1960.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Muhammad Ali is, for many, the greatest boxer in history. A legend inside and outside the ring, the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":935048,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-935047","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935047","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=935047"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/935047\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/935048"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=935047"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=935047"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=935047"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}