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Throughout the sporting world, debate will rage as to who would be the greatest sportsperson of all time.
For me there is no choice, te answer is simple.....Mohammed Ali.
Muhammad Ali was the first fighter ever to win the world heavywright championship three times, thrilling the audiences of the 1960s and 70s.
The fights were sensational - "The Rumble in the Jungle" with George Foreman, "The Thriller in Manila" with Joe Frazier and epic battles against Sonny Liston.
Ali defeated almost every top heavyweight in an era now known as the Golden Age of boxing. He is regarded as the best pound for pound boxer ever to have entered the ring. His amazing fighting skills and infectious personality combined with his unrivalled self promotional skills meant that he changed the history of sport and not just boxing.
But his activities outside the ring then and now have also made him a popular public figure.
He was prepared to risk jail when he refused to join the US army to fight in Vietnam, and he is credited with helping change people's attitudes to race.
It was his conversion to the Muslim faith that gave him the conviction of his beliefs, and led him to change his name from Cassius Clay.
Now, despite suffering from Parkinson's Disease, Muhammad Ali is an active campaigner for Jubilee 2000, the organisation that campaigns for the cancellation of Third World debt. In a trip to Brixton, South London, to campaign on the issue, he brought the streets to a standstill.
During the Gulf war in 1991 he was able to talk to Iraqi leader Saddam Hussain, and negotiate the release of a number of American hostages.
And he moved people to tears in 1996 when he lit the torch at the Atlanta Olympics.
Muhammad Ali won the BBC News Online vote with a huge lead, with many people choosing him for his activities both inside and outside the boxing ring.
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