COMEDIAN Charlie Hale has assembled an all-star cast to showcase how Muhammad Ali\u2019s prowess inside the ring matched his courage outside it \u2013 in a music video.<\/p>\n
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<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/muhammad-alis-dream-a.k.a.\/id1197020196?i=1197020241\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1288 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliehale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Get-it-on-iTunes.png\" width=\"220\" height=\"80\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Get-it-on-iTunes.png 220w, https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Get-it-on-iTunes-200x73.png 200w, https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Get-it-on-iTunes-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/Muhammad-Alis-Dream-Fighting-Equality\/dp\/B01N5RBC2F\/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1485817470&sr=8-5&keywords=muhammad+ali%27s+dream\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-1289 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.charliehale.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Buy-Now-Amazon.gif\" width=\"137\" height=\"28\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Also to show Muhammad’s Nature we have 3 Special needs kids Jamie Robb, Harvey Groarke, Gus Renshaw and a recovering child from Leukaemia in the video Jenson Wright<br \/>\nwhich was something Muhammad fought for and would often unannounced visit children’s Hospitals.<\/p>\n<p>The list of top class boxers\u00a0goes on in a Star Studied Video like nobody as ever seen with so many Boxers Paying Tribute to the Greatest Boxer of all time Muhammad Ali. Below is a list of the 18.<\/p>\n<p>1 Larry Holmes former World Heavyweight Champion<\/p>\n<p>2 Earnie Shavers Voted Puncher of the Century<\/p>\n<p>3 Tim Witherspoon Former 2 Times World Heavyweight Champion who plays Sonny Liston outside the ring in the Video<\/p>\n<p>4 Joe Calzahge Former 2 Times Undefeated Super Middle and Light Heavyweight Champion 46\/0<\/p>\n<p>5 Jonny Nelson Sky TV Presenter Former Cruiser Weight Champion of the World<\/p>\n<p>6 Robin Reid 3 times Former Super Middleweight Champion of the world<\/p>\n<p>7 Terry Flanagan Lightweight Champion of the world<\/p>\n<p>8 Anthony Crolla Former Lightweight Champion of the world<\/p>\n<p>9 Paul Silky Jones Former Light Middlewieght Champion of the World<\/p>\n<p>10 Martin Murray Former British Commonwealth WBC Silver Middleweight Champion<\/p>\n<p>11 Neville Brown former British and Commonwealth and European Middleweight Champion<\/p>\n<p>12 Callum Smith Former British European Super Middleweight Champion and current number One in the World<\/p>\n<p>13 Bobbi Joe Edwards Former Pro Boxer who plays Joe Frazier in the video<\/p>\n<p>14 Shaun Williams former BBU Lightheavyweight Champion who plays Sonny Liston inside the ring<\/p>\n<p>15 Jason Lowe Former Bare Knuckle Champion Star of BOXING FILM JAWBONE<\/p>\n<p>16 Steve Johnson Former British Light Middlweight Challenger<\/p>\n<p>17 Maurice Core Former British Light Heavyweight Champion<\/p>\n<p>18 Joe Egan Mike Tyson Former Sparring Partner now Actor in Movies<\/p>\n<p>The Cinnamon Brow funnyman, who met the American several times before he died aged 74 last June, has brought together 18 boxing greats for the production, in which he plays the role of his former friend.<\/p>\n<p>Sporting legends and past opponents of Ali \u2013 Larry Holmes and Earnie Shavers \u2013 are among the stars involved.<\/p>\n<p>But the showpiece, featuring the Ali shuffle and a knockout blow, also makes way for several figures from the sport\u2019s current crop, including Warrington resident Martin Murray, Callum Smith and Anthony Crolla.<\/p>\n<p>The music video aptly titled \u2018Muhammad Ali\u2019s Dream aka Fighting for Equality\u2019 will be released on 31st January.<\/p>\n<p>It was filmed at a series of locations across the country, including Warrington\u2019s own Hook and Jab.<\/p>\n<p>The production will see Charlie rap throughout but aside from its light-hearted nature, it will show just how Ali would help those less fortunate and battle for equality outside the ring.<\/p>\n<p>XS Radio presenter Charlie said: \u201cWe wanted to show his character \u2013 I knew him personally and one thing about him is that each day he loved visiting sick kids.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he was driving somewhere and going past a hospital he would stop and visit sick kids. People don\u2019t know the other side to him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have also got special needs children in the video, we thought it would be nice for them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the video it also shows how he fought injustice and racism. In a time when the president of the United States and Martin Luther King Jr got shot he risked his life.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody said to me why don\u2019t you go to the Guinness World Records as there have never been so many Boxers in one song.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI said to my mate if I was Snoop Dogg or Kanye West I couldn\u2019t have got them all in.<br \/>\n\u201cBecause they are friends of mine they jumped in the video and I know if Mike Tyson was here we could have got him to do it \u2013 he loved Ali.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do all the rapping, I enjoyed it. There was pressure but I believe we have made a good video.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere will never be another Muhammad Ali, never ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ali\u2019s twin daughter, Jamillah, is among the select few to have viewed the video ahead of the release date. She messaged Tyrone Monaghan, son of Ali\u2019s friend, Paddy, to thank those involved.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I had to say it was awesome sauce love this song!<br \/>\n– Khalilah (Jamillah’s Mum)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She said: \u201cI did see the video and it was great. Such admiration and love for my dad \u2013 that was nice to watch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was also great seeing your dad in the video and all the photos and memories with my dad. Thank Charlie for me, he did a great job.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>13 Jan 2017 \/Aran Dhillon, Reporter, Guardian Warrington Newspaper<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMEDIAN Charlie Hale has assembled an all-star cast to showcase how Muhammad Ali\u2019s prowess inside the ring matched his courage outside it \u2013 in a music video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1011,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","post_format-post-format-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1292,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100\/revisions\/1292"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1011"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charleshansen.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}