For a non-equine sports fix, The Muhammad Ali Center is dedicated to the legendary three-time world heavyweight champion.

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Yet Louisville took decades to commemorate "The Greatest, " five years ago honoring the boxer with the Muhammad Ali Center, an arts-and-social-events hub along its Ohio River banks.

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Ali arrived in London on Tuesday with his wife, Lonnie, in part, to raise money for the Muhammad Ali Center and promote Generation Ali, a social media site which focuses on educating young people about his core values, according to Ali Center spokeswoman Jeanie Kahnke.

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