Crown Collection: Muhammad Ali & Bruce Lee - Crown Collection

Both Muhammad Ali & Bruce Lee share an almost mystical fan affection because of their fighting skills, which are sometimes overlooked because of their impact on worldwide culture. What set both icons apart from their contemporaries was not just their skills in combat but their unique philosophical thought on life and current events at the time.

Bruce Lee admitted to being influenced by Ali’s fighting style particularly the movement of his feet. The influence Muhammad Ali had on Bruce Lee is undeniable which would have if not for Lee’s untimely death, almost certainly meant the pair would have crossed paths.

Crown Collection Vol. 1 celebrates both titans together as two kings, who transcended sport and martial arts to become two of the most culturally iconic figures of our generation.

“Don’t get set into one form, adapt it and build your own, and let it grow, be like water. Empty your mind, be formless, shapeless — like water. Now you put water in a cup, it becomes the cup; You put water into a bottle it becomes the bottle; You put it in a teapot it becomes the teapot.”

• Bruce Lee

"The man who has no imagination has no wings."

• Muhammad Ali