Yet Louisville took decades to commemorate "The Greatest, " five years ago honoring the boxer with the MuhammadAliCenter, an arts-and-social-events hub along its Ohio River banks.
Ali arrived in London on Tuesday with his wife, Lonnie, in part, to raise money for the MuhammadAliCenter and promote Generation Ali, a social media site which focuses on educating young people about his core values, according to AliCenter spokeswoman Jeanie Kahnke.