The pink house where Muhammad Ali grew up dreaming of boxing fame – and where hundreds of fans gathered for an emotional send-off as his funeral procession passed by decades later – is up for sale. The two-bedroom, one-bathroom house in Louisville was converted into a museum that offered a glimpse into the formative years of the boxing champion and humanitarian known worldwide as "The Greatest." The house went on the market Tuesday along with two neighboring homes – one was turned into a welcome center-gift shop and the other was meant to become a short-term rental.
The owners are asking $1.5 million for the three properties. Finding a buyer willing to maintain Ali's childhood home as a museum would be "the best possible result,” co-owner George Bochetto said.
"This is a part of Americana," said Bochetto, a Philadelphia attorney and former Pennsylvania state boxing commissioner. "This is part of our history. And it needs to be treated and respected as such.
” The museum opened for tours shortly before Ali died in 2016. Bochetto and his business partner then renovated the frame house to look like it did when Ali – known then as Cassius Clay – lived there with his parents and younger brother. "You walk into this house; you’re going back to 1955 and you’re going to be in the middle of the Clay family home,” Bochetto told The Associated Press (AP) during a 2016 interview.
Using old photos, the developers replicated the home's furnishings, appliances, artwork an.
