In this Aug. 20, 1997 file photo, former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali kisses a Liberian orphan while residents cheer Ali’s arrival at an orphanage for Liberian refugees in San Pedro, Ivory Coast. Ali and his entourage came on a goodwill visit to donate food, wheelchairs, and medicine after receiving a letter asking for help from the mission’s organizer Sister M. Sponsa Beltran. Ali turns 70 on Jan. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder, File)
