<p>Boxing great Muhammad Ali was hospitalised with a mild case of pneumonia that was caught early and should result in a short hospital stay, an Ali spokesman said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The three-time world heavyw<br />eight champion, who is battling Parkinson’s disease, is being treated by his team of doctors and is in stable condition, said his spokesman, Bob Gunnell.<br /><br />“He went into the hospital this morning,” Gunnell said in a phone interview on Saturday. “He has a mild case of pneumonia and the prognosis is good.”<br /><br />Gunnell declined to say where the 72-year-old Ali is hospitalised. No other details are being released due to the Ali family’s request for privacy, he said.<br /><br />Ali appeared in public in September to attend a ceremony in his hometown of Louisville for the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards. He did not speak.<br /><br />Ali retired from boxing in 1981 and devoted himself to social causes. He traveled the world on humanitarian missions, mingling with the masses and rubbing elbows with world leaders.</p>
<p>Boxing great Muhammad Ali was hospitalised with a mild case of pneumonia that was caught early and should result in a short hospital stay, an Ali spokesman said.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The three-time world heavyw<br />eight champion, who is battling Parkinson’s disease, is being treated by his team of doctors and is in stable condition, said his spokesman, Bob Gunnell.<br /><br />“He went into the hospital this morning,” Gunnell said in a phone interview on Saturday. “He has a mild case of pneumonia and the prognosis is good.”<br /><br />Gunnell declined to say where the 72-year-old Ali is hospitalised. No other details are being released due to the Ali family’s request for privacy, he said.<br /><br />Ali appeared in public in September to attend a ceremony in his hometown of Louisville for the Muhammad Ali Humanitarian Awards. He did not speak.<br /><br />Ali retired from boxing in 1981 and devoted himself to social causes. He traveled the world on humanitarian missions, mingling with the masses and rubbing elbows with world leaders.</p>