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==Background== Saad Muhammad's mother died when he was an infant,<ref name="ridge">Resources for Human Development. ''One Step Away'', July 2010, "[https://web.archive.org/web/20100815020701/http://www.rhd.org/rhdstories/miraclematthew.aspx Matthew Saad Muhammad]". Retrieved 25 October 2010.</ref> and he and his elder brother were sent to live with an aunt. When he was five, his aunt could not afford to look after both of them and she instructed his brother to get rid of him. His brother took him to [[Philadelphia]]'s [[Benjamin Franklin]] Parkway and then ran away. Saad was found in the early hours asleep on the steps of a church. He was then taken in by Catholic Social Services. The [[nuns]] gave him the name '''Matthew Franklin''' (after the [[Saint Matthew|saint]] and the parkway where he was found). Matthew lived in foster care until a couple from Philadelphia adopted him, raised him, and took care of him like he was their own.<ref>{{cite news | author = Nigel Collins | title = Nigel Collins on Saad Muhammad's Search for His Elusive Identity - Inside the Ring &Out | url = | work = [[The Ring (magazine)|The Ring]] | date = July 1981|pages=18β23 }}</ref> Saad Muhammad was very popular in the late 1970s and early 1980s among boxing fans because of his particularly action-oriented style. Saad Muhammad was known for his ability to take punishment and mount comebacks, and because of this, he was nicknamed '''Miracle Matthew'''. Saad Muhammad was also part of a group of world light heavyweight champions who became [[Muslim]]s and changed their names during his era as a Light-Heavyweight, the others being [[Eddie Mustafa Muhammad]] (born as Eddie Gregory), and [[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] (born as Dwight Braxton). Saad Muhammad confirmed this in interviews following his boxing career, stating that he was inspired to convert by [[Muhammad Ali]]'s conversion.<ref name="Whitaker">{{cite web |last=Whitaker |first=Tim |url=http://www.phillymag.com/articles/how-boxer-matthew-saad-muhammad-went-from-millionaire-to-homeless/?all=1 |title=From Champion Boxer to Down and Out: Matthew Saad Muhammad's Story | Articles |publisher=Phillymag.com |date=2011-07-26 |access-date=2014-06-20 |archive-date=2015-01-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150128121104/http://www.phillymag.com/articles/how-boxer-matthew-saad-muhammad-went-from-millionaire-to-homeless/?all=1 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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