What's My Name | Muhammad Ali (2019)

7.3 (28 votes)

1 Season

May 14, 2019

English

Documentary

Synopsis

Explore Ali’s challenges, confrontations, comebacks and triumphs through recordings of his own voice. The two-part documentary paints an intimate portrait of a man who was a beacon of hope for oppressed people around the world and, in his later years, was recognized as a global citizen and a symbol of humanity and understanding.

Creator

LeBron James, Maverick Carter

Network

HBO

Episodes

Part 1

May 14, 2019

80 min

6.0

The early boxing career of Cassius Clay includes a gold medal win at the 1960 Olympics in Rome; after converting to Islam, Clay changes his name to Muhammad Ali; Ali is stripped of his heavyweight title for refusing induction into the military.

Part 2

May 15, 2019

80 min

5.0

Ali becomes the first three-time heavyweight champion of the world, but the toll of so many historic ring encounters starts to show; "The Greatest" travels the globe as a goodwill ambassador, philanthropist and activist.