THE STOLEN BICYCLE INCIDENT THAT MADE A BOY THE WORLD'S GREATEST BOXER

In the month of October 1954 in Louisville, Kentucky a young boy of twelve reported the theft of his bicycle to a police officer, Joe Martin promising to pummel the culprit when he laid his hands on whoever it was. The police officer who was also a boxing trainer suggested to the upset teenager to first of all learn how to fight because in his own wisdom, it is one thing to be angry and it is another thing to know how to fight. He gladly took the youngster under his wing and trained and six weeks later he won his first fight
       This teenager as an amateur boxer fought 105 fights losing only five and winning the remaining 100 as if that was not enough in the Rome Olympics at the age of eighteen won the Olympic gold in the boxing event defeating all his opponents along the way. Four years after that memorable event, he defeated the boxing champion, Sonny Liston. He went on to become the 'World's Greatest' boxer after many memorable fights like 'Fight of The Century', Rumble In The Jungle and A Thrilla In Manila. He even after retirement remains the 'King of The Ring' he is no other person than Muhammad Ali.
 Someone said that, A successful man is the one who has built a house with the bricks that others have thrown at him'. All this success came via the incident of a stolen bicycle. Friend, adversity will not leave you the way it found you, it will make you either better or worse but the choice is yours. Young Cassius Clay, the name he was known then could have ignored the wisdom of his trainer and gone for revenge which would have gotten him beat up or in trouble if he really pounded the thief who stole his bicycle. When faced with adversity, rather than react negatively, act positively for Napoleon Hill said 'In every adversity is the seed of equal or greater benefit.