Universal Champ
Ali would reclaim the WBA version of the Heavyweight Championship from Ernie Terrell in 1967. After one successful defense as the universal World Heavyweight Champion, Ali was stripped of his titles for refusing to enlist when drafted later that year, being a conscientious objector from the Vietnam War.
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“We are now going through a period of demolition. In morals, in social life, in politics, in medicine, and in religion there is a universal upturning of foundations. But the day of reconstruction seems to be looming, and now the grand question is: Are there any sure and universal principles that will evolve a harmonious system in which we shall all agree?”
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