At 70, the man who made us all richer

THIS afternoon, in Louisville, Kentucky, the bell will ring for a week-long birthday party in Muhammad Ali’s honour.

At 70, the man who made us all richer

Seven Days for Seven Decades, they are calling it, beginning in the cultural centre and museum that bears his name.

Guests will chip in $1,000 a seat to honour the city’s favourite son, with funds enabling the centre to continue its work with young people; passing on Ali’s six core values of respect, confidence, conviction, dedication, giving and spirituality. The virtues on which the greatest ever sporting career was built.

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