

"Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee."
In 1964, a brash, new pro boxer, fresh from his Olympic gold medal victory, explodes onto the scene: Cassius Clay. Bold and outspoken, he cuts an entirely new image for African Americans in sport with his proud public self-confidence and his unapologetic belief that he is the greatest boxer of all time. Yet at the top of his game, both Ali's personal and professional lives face the ultimate test.
Muhammad Ali / Cassius Clay

Drew 'Bundini' Brown

Howard Cosell

Malcolm X

Angelo Dundee

Howard Bingham

Don King

Sonji Roi

Belinda Ali

Veronica Porche

Chauncey Eskridge

Dr. Ferdie Pacheco

Bradley

Herbert Muhammad

Cassius Clay, Sr.

Luis Sarria

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Elijah Muhammad

Robert Lipsyte

Joe Smiley

Odessa

Sam Cooke
Woman Singer

Joseph Mobutu

Sonny Liston
'Smokin' Joe Frazier

Ernie Terrell
George Foreman
Floyd Paterson

Jerry Quarry
Jimmy Ellis
Ken Norton
Rudy Clay / Rahaman Ali

Betty Shabazz

Marlin Thomas

Malcolm X's Daughter

Malcolm X's Daughter
Young Cassius Clay

The Doctor

Jimmy Cannon

Madison Square Garden Announcer

Gordon Davidson

Lieutenant Jerome Claridge

Induction FBI Man

Judge Ingraham
Bundini's Landlady
Bob Arum

Boxing Commissioner

Malcolm's Bodyguard

Thomas 15X Johnson
Room Service Guy
Death Newsman

Family Photo Man

Asian Cosmetologist

Assistant Director

Customer
Referee Arthur Mercante

Frazier Fight II Announcer
Flight Attendant
Hampton House Announcer

Miami Weigh-In Reporter
Miami Weigh-In Reporter
Announcer
Referee
Willie Reddick
Jersey Joe Walcott, Referee
Prosecutor

Man on Train
Boxing Commission Reporter
Reporter

Reporter

Madison Square Garden Reporter

Madison Square Garden Reporter

New York Reporter
New York Reporter
New York Reporter
Harlem Neighbor
Harlem Neighbor

Harlem Neighbor
Harlem Reporter
Louisville Sponsoring Group
Lana Shabazz

Miami Cop

Dressing Room Weigh-In Guy
Dick Sadler
ORTF Interviewer

Kinshasa Reporter
Rose Jennings
Pointer Sister
Pointer Sister
Pointer Sister
Mobutu Aide / Military Aide
Lieutenant Nsakala
Zack Clayton
Larry Holmes
The Pilot
London Banker

CIA Man

Black Pilot
Black Pilot

Reporter in Zaire

Reporter in Zaire

Reporter in Zaire
Reporter in Zaire
Reporter in Zaire
Reporter in Zaire
Bula
Archie Moore
Doc Broadus
Blonde French Reporter
Chinese Delegate
Hunter Thompson
Foreman Fight Announcer
Idi Amin
Don King's Aide
Additional Aide to Mobutu
Additional Aide to Mobutu
Additional Aide to Mobutu
Sparring Partner in Africa
Dancer (uncredited)
Cameraman
