Louisville, forever changed by Muhammad Ali, prepares to bury him

In Kentucky they still remember the jovial, skinny kid who used to tell people he’d one day be the heavyweight champion of the world Louisville took the blow like a champ: still on its feet. Fists up. Still jawing. On Sunday morning at 22nd Street and Muhammad Ali Boulevard, the Reverend Larry Williams stood before the congregation at Zion Baptist Church and prayed: “We ask for strength for the family of the great Muhammad Ali.”Related: Shunned by white America, how Muhammad Al