BOXING legend Muhammad Ali is reportedly in hospital with pneumonia.
The three-time world heavyweight champion, who is battling
Parkinson’s disease, is being treated by his team of doctors and is in
stable condition, according to his spokesman, Bob Gunnell.
An
Associated Press report quoted Gunnell, who said the 72-year-old icon
would likely be in hospital for a short stay after the condition was
detected early.
“He has a mild case of pneumonia and the prognosis is good,” Gunnell said.
Gunnell declined to reveal which hospital Ali was being treated in but said he had been admitted on Saturday morning US time.
Ali retired from boxing in 1981 and devoted himself to social causes.
He
travelled the world on humanitarian missions, mingling with the masses
and rubbing elbows with world leaders. Ali received the Presidential
Medal of Freedom from President George W. Bush in 2005.
The Muhammad Ali Center, in Louisville, is dedicated to Ali’s humanitarian causes and also showcases his boxing career.
Ali and his wife, Lonnie, have homes in Paradise Valley, Arizona; Berrien Springs, Michigan; and in Louisville.
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