June 25, 2002. Photo Michael Caulfield/WireImage
Smith who famously played the role of the legend in the biopic ‘Ali’ is to be joined by another former heavyweight slugger, Lennox Lewis who became a world champion in 1999, BBC reports.
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Ali, the three-time heavyweight champion who died in Phoenix, Arizona aged 74, will be buried in his home town of Louisville, Kentucky.
Jerry Ellis, a brother to Ali’s former sparring partner, Ali’s cousins John Grady and Jan Wadell, are those also expected to lift the legend during Friday’s service.
