ESPN will broadcast boxing legend Muhammad Ali’s funeral live this Friday.
On June 3, Ali died at the age of 74 in Arizona after a battle with Parkinson’s disease. As a result of covering Ali’s funeral ESPN is moving its coverage of the European soccer championship between France and Romania to ESPN 2.
The funeral will take place at the KFC Yum! Center in Ali’s hometown of Louisville, Kentucky. Former president Bill Clinton, actor Billy Crystal and sports jounalist Bryant Gumbel, are among those who will be giving eulogies at the service, according to Deadline. There will be a funeral procession on Muhammad Ali Boulevard on the way to Cave Hill Cemetery. Will Smith, who played Ali in the 2001 movie Ali, will be one of the pallbearers.
Ali was considered the best boxer of all time. He won 56 of 61 fights, was a three-time heavyweight champion and won a gold medal at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome. He retired from boxing in 1981 and was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2005.
ESPN’s coverage of Ali’s funeral will began at 2 p.m. EST Friday.