What amount of time, if any, did Muhammad Ali spend in jail for his 1967 conviction?

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  1. miamite

    miamite tko Full Member

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    I think he did not spend any time, but I am not completely sure. If you could, please post a source also.
     
  2. Dempsey1238

    Dempsey1238 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    a year I think. I cant think he spend 3 years total though. Other wise there is no way he did thsos school tours.
     
  3. miamite

    miamite tko Full Member

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    Are you sure? Because take a look at this, "Ali had no illusions about what would happen to him should he fail. In recalling his one week in prison in December 1968 for driving without a valid license he said".

    "Jail is a bad place…You’re all locked up; you can’t get out. The food is bad, and there’s nothing good to do. You look out the window at cars and people, and everyone else seems so free. Little things you take for granted like sleeping good or walking down the street, you can’t do them no more. A man’s got to be real serious about what he believes to say he’ll do that for five years, but I was ready if I had to go."

    I remember this thread being posted a while back, I searched but could not find it; but reading these two quotes I am inferring that he only spent time in jail for driving with a suspended licence, and did not have to serve for his draft evasion conviction.
     
  4. yancey

    yancey Active Member Full Member

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    Ali didn't do time for the '67 conviction.
     
  5. Jbuz

    Jbuz Belt folder Full Member

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    None.

    Although I have heard he was held overnight or something once.
     
  6. TBooze

    TBooze Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Ali did spend time in jail, for a driving offence!
     
  7. Berlenbach

    Berlenbach Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He never spent a day in jail over the draft issue. He was sentenced to 10 days in Dade County jail for a traffic violation, though I think he was let out after a week.