BREAKING NEWS: MOHAMMED ALI IS DIES AT 74

Muhammad Ali dead at 74 - a summary of today's events so far

• The world is currently mourning the death of boxing champion, Muhammad Ali, who suffered from Parkinson’s disease, has died aged 74 after being admitted to a hospital in Pheonix on Thursday, after his condition was complicated by a respiratory illness.
• The US boxing promoter Bob Arum, 84, who promoted many of Ali’s fights, said “a true great has left us. Muhammed Ali transformed this country and impacted the world with his spirit,” Arum said, adding that the first fight he ever attended was the epic 115-round bout between Ali and George Chuvalo in 1966.
• George Foreman, who was Ali’s opponent in the legendary ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ bout in 1974, took to Twitter to share his grief. “A part of me slipped away, “The greatest piece,’” Foreman wrote. Foreman also told the BBC that “part of me is gone”.
• Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr told Fox News that Ali had inspired the black community. “The black community all around the world, black people all around the world, needed him,” he said. “He was the voice for us. He’s the voice for me to be where I’m at today. I just want to thank Muhammad Ali and his family for being such strong people. You will always be missed. My prayers go out to Ali and his family.”
• Former heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield told MSNBC: “I’m glad to have known Ali because when I was a kid, at eight years old, I was told I would be like Ali”.