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April 28: Muhammad Ali Stripped of Heavyweight Title

On 28 April 1967, Muhammad Ali champion refused to be inducted into the U.S. army and was stripped of his heavyweight title. He initially cited religious his reasons not to serve. Ali was a self-convert from Islam. In “Muhammad Ali Refuses Army Induction,” it recalls his statement: “I ain’t got no quarrel with those Vietcong.” […]