--- title: TIME Magazine: Muhammad Ali: The Greatest description: Muhammad Ali: Robert Lipsyte on the Life of the Greatest Behind the Greatest Photo of Muhammad Ali Ever Taken Neil Leifer captured the champ towering... canonical: https://time.com/4358117/in-the-latest-issue-73/ author: TIME Staff article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-06-06T12:28:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-26T20:05:49.230Z article:section: Sports og:title: TIME Magazine: Muhammad Ali: The Greatest og:description: Muhammad Ali: Robert Lipsyte on the Life of the Greatest Behind the Greatest Photo of Muhammad Ali Ever Taken Neil Leifer captured the champ towering... og:url: https://time.com/4358117/in-the-latest-issue-73/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt834ada06f6f9bc44/698896678e0601b6ae4662dd/muhammad-ali-time-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: muhammad-ali-time-cover og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME Magazine: Muhammad Ali: The Greatest twitter:description: Muhammad Ali: Robert Lipsyte on the Life of the Greatest Behind the Greatest Photo of Muhammad Ali Ever Taken Neil Leifer captured the champ towering... twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt834ada06f6f9bc44/698896678e0601b6ae4662dd/muhammad-ali-time-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # In the Latest Issue (6 Jun 2016) by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 6, 2016 12:28 PM UTC  Philippe Halsman—Magnum Photos by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff Jun 6, 2016 12:28 PM UTC [Muhammad Ali: Robert Lipsyte on the Life of the Greatest](http://time.com/muhammad-ali/) [Behind the Greatest Photo of Muhammad Ali Ever Taken](http://time.com/4357436/muhammad-ali-dead-sonny-liston-fight-photo/) Neil Leifer captured the champ towering over his vanquished opponent Sonny Liston [With a Withering Attack on Trump, Clinton at Last Turns a Corner in Her White House Bid](http://time.com/4358056/trump-clinton-california-speech/) [Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Muhammad Ali Became a Big Brother to Me—and to All African-Americans](http://time.com/4358041/muhammad-ali-kareem-abdul-jabbar/) [What A Disappointing U.S. Jobs Report Means](http://time.com/4358097/) [Summer’s Leading Women](http://time.com/4358061/ghostbusters-paul-feig/) The misogynist outrage over the Ghostbusters remake has made it the must-see movie of the season [Women of a Certain Age](http://time.com/4358076/absolutely-fabulous/) The brave pioneers of female irresponsibility are back and on the lam [Review: Spielberg’s _BFG_ Honors Roald Dahl’s Spirit, Farts and All](http://time.com/4336467/review-bfg-steven-spielberg-cannes/) [Gill More Girl](http://time.com/4358083/) After more than a decade, Ellen DeGeneres reprises her role as Dory in the sequel to_Finding Nemo_ [Bat Grit Crazy](http://time.com/4358087/) Margot Robbie gets utterly unhinged with the comic world’s baddest supervillain [How to be Free](http://time.com/4358095/) In _Free State of Jones_, Gugu Mbatha-Raw forges unity for a common cause ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4358117/in-the-latest-issue-73/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4358117/in-the-latest-issue-73/"},"headline":"In the Latest Issue (6 Jun 2016)","datePublished":"2016-06-06T12:28:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-26T20:05:49.230Z","description":"Muhammad Ali: Robert Lipsyte on the Life of the Greatest Behind the Greatest Photo of Muhammad Ali Ever Taken Neil Leifer captured the champ towering...","url":"https://time.com/4358117/in-the-latest-issue-73/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt834ada06f6f9bc44/698896678e0601b6ae4662dd/muhammad-ali-time-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt834ada06f6f9bc44/698896678e0601b6ae4662dd/muhammad-ali-time-cover.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"muhammad-ali-time-cover","caption":"muhammad ali TIME cover","creditText":"Philippe Halsman—Magnum Photos","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":"https://time.com/4358117/in-the-latest-issue-73/","name":"In the Latest Issue (6 Jun 2016)"}}]}] ```