Rahman Ali

Biography Rahaman Ali was born Rudolph Arnett Clay to Cassius Marcellus Clay Sr. and Odessa Grady Clay in Louisville, Kentucky on July 18, 1943. He was soon renamed Rudolph Valentino Clay, after his father's favorite actor Rudolph Valentino. He was 18 months younger than his brother Cassius Jr., who would become Muhammad Ali. Muhammad started boxing in a Louisville amateur boxing league. While Muhammad went to the 1960 Olympics, Rahaman was not selected and remained amateur until February 25, 1964, the night his brother won his first world heavyweight title over Sonny Liston. As a professional boxer, Rahaman Ali won 14 bouts, lost 3, and had one draw. In his career, he knocked out seven opponents and was himself knocked out once. He retired from professional boxing after back-to-back losses, the second of which saw him being knocked out by future Superman film series actor Jack O'Halloran in what would also be his only stoppage defeat.

After his career ended, Rahaman would travel and also train with Muhammad. The same year, he appeared in three episodes of his brother's documentary miniseries Muhammad Ali.

Rahaman Ali died on August 1, 2025, two weeks after his 82nd birthday. Ali's funeral was held on August 16, 2025, and involved a funeral procession where he made a stop at his childhood home before he had a Janazah funeral service, which is given for people of Muslim faith, at the Cave Hill Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky. Ali is buried at the Cave Hill Cemetery. Result Record Opponent Type Round Date Location

Loss

KO 8

Loss

PTS 10 1972-05-08

Draw

PTS 10 1972-01-22

Win

TKO 4 1971-12-16

Win

TKO 3 1971-10-27

Win

TKO 2 1971-09-13

Win

MD 10 1971-04-30

Win

TKO 2 1971-04-23

Win

PTS 10 1971-04-16

Win

PTS 10 1971-04-09

Loss

PTS 6 1971-03-08

Win

PTS 4 1970-12-07

Win

KO 3 1970-10-26

Win

UD 10 1970-08-11

Win

TKO 2 1966-02-11

Win

KO 2 1965-05-25

Win

UD 10 1965-04-28

Win

PTS 4 1964-02-25

Exhibition boxing record