Rahaman Ali (born Rudolph Arnett Clay; July 18, 1943) is an American former heavyweight boxer. He is the younger brother of

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Biography

Rahaman Ali, initially named Rudolph Arnett Clay but later rechristened to Rudolph Valentino Clay, was born to

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and

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on July 18, 1943, 18 months after his brother Cassius Jr., who would become Muhammad Ali. Muhammad started boxing in a Louisville, Kentucky amateur boxing league. While Muhammad went to the

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, Rahaman was not selected and remained amateur until February 25, 1964, the night his brother won one of his heavyweight titles over

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. As a professional boxer, Rahaman Ali won 14 bouts, lost 3, and had one draw. In his career, he knocked out seven opponents and was himself knocked out once. After back-to-back losses ending with him being knocked out by

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, he retired from professional boxing. In 2014, Ali released his autobiography, ''That's Muhammad Ali's Brother! My Life on the Undercard'', which is co-authored by H. Ron Brashear and the foreword written by Gene Kilroy – the longtime business manager of Muhammad Ali. In 2019, Rahaman released his second book titled ''My Brother, Muhammad Ali - The Definitive Biography''. It is co-authored by Fiaz Rafiq, with the foreword written by NFL legend

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. The book is currently published in eight different languages around the world.

Professional boxing record

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, KO , 8 , , align=left , San Diego, California , - align=center , Loss , , align=left , Roy Wallace , PTS , 10 , 1972-05-08 , align=left , Niles, Ohio , - align=center , Draw , , align=left , Jasper Evans , PTS , 10 , 1972-01-22 , align=left , Denver, Colorado , - align=center , Win , , align=left , Joe "Toy Block" Byrd , TKO , 4 , 1971-12-16 , align=left ,

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, - align=center , Win , , align=left , Harold "70's Version" Carter , TKO , 3 , 1971-10-27 , align=left , O'Hare Port Hotel, Chicago, Illinois , - align=center , Win , , align=left , Larry Beilfuss , TKO , 2 , 1971-09-13 , align=left ,

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, Milwaukee, Wisconsin , - align=center , Win , , align=left , Carl "Tank" Baker , MD , 10 , 1971-04-30 , align=left ,

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, - align=center , Win , , align=left , Peter Robinson , TKO , 2 , 1971-04-23 , align=left ,

, - align=center , Win , , align=left , Stamford Harris , PTS , 10 , 1971-04-16 , align=left ,

, - align=center , Win , , align=left , Clement Greenidge , PTS , 10 , 1971-04-09 , align=left ,

, - align=center , Loss , , align=left ,

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, PTS , 6 , 1971-03-08 , align=left ,

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, New York City , - align=center , Win , , align=left , Howard Darlington , PTS , 4 , 1970-12-07 , align=left ,

, New York City , - align=center , Win , , align=left , Hurricane Grant , KO , 3 , 1970-10-26 , align=left , Atlanta City Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia , - align=center , Win , , align=left , Tommy Howard , UD , 10 , 1970-08-11 , align=left , Miami Beach Auditorium,

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, - align=center , Win , , align=left , Fairchild Hope , TKO , 2 , 1966-02-11 , align=left ,

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, - align=center , Win , , align=left , Buster Reed , KO , 2 , 1965-05-25 , align=left , St. Dominic's Hall, Lewiston, Maine , - align=center , Win , , align=left , Levi Forte , UD , 10 , 1965-04-28 , align=left , Miami Beach Auditorium,

, - align=center , Win , , align=left , Chip Johnson , PTS , 4 , 1964-02-25 , align=left , Miami Beach Auditorium,

Exhibition boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ali, Rahaman 1943 births Living people 20th-century Muslims 21st-century Muslims African-American boxers African-American Muslims American male boxers American people of English descent American people of Irish descent American people of Malagasy descent Boxers from Louisville, Kentucky Converts to Sunni Islam from Protestantism Muhammad Ali family Heavyweight boxers Muslims from Kentucky