Muhammad Ali was not only a gifted pugilist, but also deft in the fine craft of poetry writing.

check out for yourself:

I wrestled with an  alligator                                                                                                        tossed up a whale,                                                                                                                             hadcuffed a lightning,                                                                                                                       threw a thunder in jail

I injured a stone,                                                                                                                                 murdered a rock,                                                                                                                               hospitalized a brick,                                                                                                                             I´m so mean I make medicine sick