Actor Will Smith to be a Muhammad Ali pallbearer

Actor Will Smith and former world heavyweight boxing champion, Lennox Lewis, will be pallbearers at legendary boxer Muhammad Ali’s funeral.

Actor Will Smith to be a Muhammad Ali pallbearer

Smith, who portrayed Ali in a 2001 film, and Lewis will be among 15,000 people expected to attend the funeral in Ali’s home town of Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday.

The other pallbearers include Jerry Ellis, the brother of Ali’s sparring partner and former world heavyweight champion, Jimmy Ellis, Ali’s cousin, John Grady, his nephew, Ibn Ali, his former brother-in-law, Komawi Ali, Ali’s cousin, Jan Wadell, and family friend, John Ramsey.

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