LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- Before the world called him The Greatest, Muhammad Ali had a vision — and he shared it with his little brother.

“Rudy,” he’d say, “I can see it in the stars. God is talking to me. I’m gonna be the world’s greatest boxer. I’m gonna be a great man. And I want you to be with me.”

And Rahaman Ali was — in every way that mattered.

Rahaman, who remembered those words in the 2014 documentary I Am Ali , died Aug. 1 in Louisville at age 82. And with him goes a quiet but crucial part of Muhammad Ali’s story — a memory keeper, a guardian, a brother not just by blood, but by choice.

Born Rudolph Arnett Clay 18 months after Cassius Jr., Rahaman grew up in a modest two-bedroom home on Grand Avenue. The boys shared clothes, bunked in the same room, and stayed up late whisp

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