Muhammad Ali hospitalised over breathing issue

Boxing great Muhammad Ali is being treated in hospital for a respiratory issue, a spokesman for the former heavyweight champion said.

Ali is being treated by doctors as a precaution, spokesman Bob Gunnell said.

The 74-year-old is in fair condition and a brief hospital stay is expected, he said.

Mr Gunnell declined to say where Ali is in hospital or when he was admitted.

Ali has battled Parkinson’s disease for years.

Boxing great is being treated by doctors ‘as a precaution’, according to spokesman