Flashes of inspiration can be prompted by many things. For Mohammad Ali and engineering designer Anthony Lau, that moment they share in common was when thieves stole their much prized bicycles It might come as something of a surprise, but engineering designer Anthony Lau and the great Mohammad Ali have a great deal in common: their careers both took off after thieves stole their bicycles. In Ali's case, as a 12-year-old, he happened to burst into the boxing gym of the renowned trainer and cornerman Angelo Dundee in floods of tears, bemoaning the loss of his treasured vehicle. The then Cassius Marcellus Clay was furious and swore that he would 'whup' whoever stole it. Joe Martin, a police officer who happened to be in the gym at the time, told him: "You better learn how to box first." And the rest, as the saying goes, is history.
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