--- title: Boxing: Muhammad Ali Back in Hospital for Urinary-Tract Infection description: Muhammad Ali was checked back into a hospital because of a urinary-tract infection but hopes to be out for his 73rd birthday on Saturday canonical: https://time.com/3670989/boxing-muhammad-ali-hospital/ author: David Stout article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-01-16T02:55:07.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T03:38:04.143Z article:section: Sports og:title: Muhammad Ali Back in Hospital og:description: But hopes to be out for his 73rd birthday on Saturday. og:url: https://time.com/3670989/boxing-muhammad-ali-hospital/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb91e7163cdf6eeb/69877a5e35ba6f5b91c068e1/muhammad-ali-boxer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Moet & Chandon At Celebrity Fight Night XIX og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Muhammad Ali Back in Hospital twitter:description: But hopes to be out for his 73rd birthday on Saturday. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb91e7163cdf6eeb/69877a5e35ba6f5b91c068e1/muhammad-ali-boxer.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Muhammad Ali Has Been Hospitalized Again by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Jan 16, 2015 2:55 AM UTC  Muhammad Ali at Celebrity Fight Night XIX at JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix on March 23, 2013. Muhammad Ali at Celebrity Fight Night XIX at JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort & Spa in Phoenix on March 23, 2013.Michael Kovac—Getty Images by [David Stout](https://time.com/author/david-stout/) ## David Stout Jan 16, 2015 2:55 AM UTC Boxing icon Muhammad Ali was [checked back in](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/muhammad-ali-hospital%5Fn%5F6482720.html) to hospital on Thursday for the second time in less than a month for follow-up care, after suffering from a severe urinary-tract infection in December. Ali was initially hospitalized late last year for what was originally believed to be a mild case of pneumonia, but was later determined to be a urinary tract-infection, reports the Associated Press. However, the sporting legend is hoping to recover soon and plans to celebrate his 73rd birthday on Saturday at home with his family, said Ali family spokesman Bob Gunnell. The former world heavyweight champion has kept a lower public profile as of late as he continues his long-running battle with Parkinson’s disease. \[[_AP_](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/15/muhammad-ali-hospital%5Fn%5F6482720.html)\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3670989/boxing-muhammad-ali-hospital/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3670989/boxing-muhammad-ali-hospital/"},"headline":"Muhammad Ali Has Been Hospitalized Again","datePublished":"2015-01-16T02:55:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T03:38:04.143Z","description":"The legendary heavyweight is receiving follow-up care days ahead of his 73rd birthday","url":"https://time.com/3670989/boxing-muhammad-ali-hospital/","keywords":["Boxing","Sports topic","celebrities","Kentucky","Louisville","hospital","Associated Press"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb91e7163cdf6eeb/69877a5e35ba6f5b91c068e1/muhammad-ali-boxer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"David Stout","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/david-stout/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltbb91e7163cdf6eeb/69877a5e35ba6f5b91c068e1/muhammad-ali-boxer.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Moet & Chandon At Celebrity Fight Night XIX","caption":"Moet & Chandon At Celebrity Fight Night XIX","creditText":"Michael Kovac—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/boxing/","name":"Boxing"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3670989/boxing-muhammad-ali-hospital/","name":"Muhammad Ali Has Been Hospitalized Again"}}]}] ```