‘When the Press Initially Came Out About Who I Was Related to…’: Biaggio Ali Walsh Opens up About the Pressure of Being Muhammad Ali’s Grandson

Published 11/03/2022, 9:45 AM EDT

On November 25, Biaggio Ali Walsh, the grandson of legendary boxer and respected Muhammad Ali, will take part in his third amateur MMA fight. Although Biaggio Ali Walsh is still an amateur mixed martial artist in the game of fighting, being the grandson of ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali, there is a swarm of expectations that he feels around him all the time.

Ahead of his third fight in PFL, Ali Walsh spoke about his experience with pressure in life. Being Muhammad Ali’s grandson, Ali Walsh has to face cameras on a regular basis. He has always felt pressure. However, now Biaggio Ali Walsh feels that pressure is approaching him on a bigger scale as he nears his third amateur fight.

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Prior to his upcoming fight, Ali Walsh said, “I’ve always had that pressure. It’s a little bit on a bigger scale now.” Ali Walsh believes he faced pressure in his high school for the first time. He was only a freshman, and the press realized who he was related to – ‘The Greatest’ Muhammad Ali.

“I was introduced to that pressure when I was a freshman in high school when the press initially came out about who I was related to and yeah, I’ve always had that pressure. And, going into the sport, I was expecting this type of pressure,” Biaggio Ali Walsh added saying.

Biaggio Ali Walsh, grandson of Muhammad Ali speaks about his experience with cameras all around

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Biaggio Ali Walsh went on. He spoke about what it was like to stand and face all the cameras around. Even though Ali Walsh had only been a freshman in high school, people had expectations from him. Although he did not box, he always felt pressure in sports. While his brother, Nico Ali Walsh, chose boxing, he chose football to begin.

However, soon he found his love for MMA and fighting. Even though there is pressure, in the near future, Ali Walsh expects to get used to it. “So, as an amateur, to be able to stand in front of all these cameras and stuff like that, it’s a great experience. Because four or five years down the line, I’m going to be used to it.”

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Samrat Sardar is a Boxing writer at EssentiallySports and is currently a final year undergraduate student of English literature. A passionate content creator, he has been writing since his high school days, and possesses work experience as a commercial writer for companies such as WordsKraft among others. Samrat believes he fell in love with boxing the day he watched Vasiliy Lomachenko share the ring with Guillermo Rigondeaux.

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‘When the Press Initially Came Out About Who I Was Related to…’: Biaggio Ali Walsh Opens up About the Pressure of Being Muhammad Ali’s Grandson

Biaggio Ali Walsh, grandson of Muhammad Ali speaks about his experience with cameras all around

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