This image was posted on Facebook by Amitabh Bachchan
Highlights
- Big B said that Muhammad Ali was the "greatest ever"
- Big B share a black-and-white pic of Muhammad Ali at his LA home
- Mr Ali was hospitalised for a respiratory problem on June 2
Actor Amitabh Bachchan mourned the death of legendary former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali by calling him the "greatest ever." He also said that late filmmaker Prakash Mehra wished to make a film with them.
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Piku also posted a black-and-white photograph of himself with Mr Ali.
Mr Ali, who was hospitalised for a respiratory problem on June 2,
died at the age of 74 on Friday.
One of the greatest boxers in history, Mr Ali retired in 1981 and soon found signs of sluggishness and neurological damage. He thereafter received treatment for Parkinson's disease.
Mr Ali, known as Cassius Clay before he converted to Islam, began boxing training at the age of 12 years.
He won the World heavyweight championship at the age of 22 in 1964. He won the title again in 1974 and 1978.