FLOAT LIKE A BUTTERFLY SING LIKE A BEE Muhammad Ali’s life is to be turned into a knockout stage musical

THE life of boxing great Muhammad Ali is to be turned into a knockout musical.

Producer David Sonenberg, the man behind Meat Loaf stage hit Bat Out of Hell, is now on the hunt to find a suitable actor to play Ali.

He told The Sun the musical would be based on his Oscar-winning documentary When We Were Kings.

He said: “We can’t wait to be doing it. We have no clue who will play Muhammad but it’s going to be great.”

Heavweight champ Ali died in June 2016 aged 74 after a 32-year battle with Parkinson’s disease.

When We Were Kings tells of his 1974 Rumble in the Jungle bout with George Foreman.

A theatre source said: “The popularity of the film will no doubt get audiences down to the theatre.”