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Originally Posted by manaboutown
Although convicted of draft evasion he successfully appealed the conviction. He never went to prison, never even spent a night in jail for refusing induction into the military.
He was barred from boxing for three years.
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To be honest I thought that was the case. In 1964 Cassius Clay jr. joined the Black Muslims and changed his name from (in his words) his slave name. He claimed to the draft board he was a minister but they saw through that and classified him 1-A.