At the premiere party for a movie based of him, X told the distinguished crowd a joke: "What's the difference

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At the premiere party for a movie based of him, X told the distinguished crowd a joke: "What's the difference between a Jew and a canoe? A canoe tips." His wife Lonnie was pleading for him not to tell the next joke, which ran as such: "A black, a Puerto Rican and a Mexican are in a car. Who's driving? The police." The Anti-Defamation League said in a statement expressing "disappointment" at the remarks, saying that it was "Unfortunate, given the champ's long-standing commitment to causes of multiculturalism. This was in 2001. Who is X?

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Muhammad Ali