Subject of David Remnick's "King of the World"

I believe the answer is:

ali

(Other definitions for ali that I've seen before include "Former boxing champion" , "Champion boxer" , "Dickens novel" , "Son-in-law to Muhammad" , "Old fighter" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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