BOXING legend Muhammad Ali's life is in the balance tonight as docs are said to have warned his children by his bedside he "is near the end".
By Patrick Knox
WORRY: Ali is said to be fighting for his life
The 74-year-old sporting and cultural icon could be fighting his final fight after he was rushed to hospital in Scottsdale, Arizona, yesterday.
Docs are continue to battle a breathing problem picked up by the star.
Four of his nine children – daughters Laila, Hana and Maryum – are by his bedside.
Ali’s breathing problem has been complicated by the Parkinson's that he was diagnosed with in the 1980s after he retired from professional boxing after decades in the ring.
HEARTFELT: Daughter Laila Ali posted this picture of her and her dad in the ring
ICON: Ali is one of the most famous sports personalities of all time
"Like in the ring, Ali is a fighter on the ward," a source told the Mirror Online.
"Doctors are working to regulate his breathing put it is being hampered by his Parkinson’s.
"His children are all extremely concerned and dropped everything to be with him. They fear the worst.
"Ali is everything to them and there are worried his problems are worse than first feared."
Social media has been responding with overwhelming support for Ali and his family.
This comes two years after he was rushed to hospital when friends could not wake him.
A source said at the time: "He wasn’t responding. He went to bed at night, but didn’t wake up in the afternoon or evening the next day.
"He was sleeping for 24 hours.
"They thought he might be too exhausted."
CHAMPION: Ali victorious in 1974 after winning fight with round 8 knockout of George Foreman
Ali was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1984 after quitting boxing.
The three-time world champion was last taken to hospital in January 2015 following a severe urinary tract infection.
HISTORY: Ali’s stamp-filled passport is expected to sell for a staggering £25,000 next week
The sad news comes as a stamp-filled passport of Muhammad Ali is expected to sell for a staggering £25,000 next week at Bonham in New York.
The sporting icon, regarded by many as the greatest boxer of all time, had to get the temporary document in 1972 while he was in Dublin.
It is not known if he had his previous passport lost or stolen but later on the same day he beat fellow American Alvin Lewis at the Irish capital's Croke Park stadium.
The following September, two months after it was issued by the US Consulate, he had it extended to July 1977.
The globe-trotting superstar quickly filled the passport which has stamps from around the world.
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