Who knew that the late boxing legend Muhammad Ali has a 19-year-old grandson named Biaggio Ali Walsh, and he is quite the champion himself.
Biaggio (who got his name from his Italian great-grandfather on his dad’s side), is the son of Muhammad Ali’s daughter Rasheda Ali and Robert Walsh.
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The hunk once attempted to follow his grandfather’s footsteps in the ring, but took to a different sport. “Me and my brother would train in boxing when we were really young with our uncle, and Nico found a passion for it. But I didn’t feel what he felt,” said Biaggio.
His football career began in high school, and he sped across the field as a running back for Bishop Gorman High School in Nevada, a team that has won 54 consecutive games.
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“I never knew what football really was when I got a card of [football player] Brian Urlacher. One day I turned on the TV, and the Bears were playing, and I’m like, “Oh, that’s the guy on my card.” That’s when I knew what football was.”
He added, “In seventh grade, I tried out tackle for the first time, and I didn’t play that much. Eighth grade, I took a year off. But freshman year came around, and in high school I wanted to start it up again, and I guess it all worked out from there.”
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When asked if he’d want to follow in his grandfather’s footsteps, Biaggio remarked, “I don’t want to just be looked at as an athlete. I want to be looked at like my grandfather was, as a spokesperson, talking about life, what’s right from wrong. I want to [highlight] what’s more important in life, not just what [we’re all] caught up in right now.”
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On top of his football career, Biaggio is also one of the new faces of Wilhemina Models.
“I plan to model while I’m in college. I think the agency is going to work around my schedule, hopefully, so it’ll make it a lot easier for me. I’m putting football and my education before it, of course.”
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PS: The football star/upcoming model also revealed that people often mispronounce his name (Biaggio) as Bellagio, like the hotel. LOL 😅😘
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