The story opens with a specific episode. The hero, aged 18, of whom the entire city of Saint-Louis, Kentucky, is proud, is forbidden from tasting, in a restaurant in the city, the hamburger created in his honor.
Thoroughly documented and highly stylized, the series follows the brand-new Olympic champion. It portrays his strength, his will, the love of his mother and his brother, as well as the showmanship that allows him to land on his feet.
The journey leads up to the moment when Cassius Clay becomes the number-one heavyweight by defeating Sonny Liston. The reconstructions of boxing matches are presented as perfectly choreographed.
A new series devoted to Muhammad Ali has been available since Wednesday on Prime Video. Titled"The Greatest,"it looks back, in eight episodes, on the early years of the man still known as Cassius Clay. Faced with the ban and with obstacles, Cassius Clay, according to the account, believes in his lucky star. The series thus offers a new telling of the beginnings of the man who would become Muhammad Ali.