Will Smith to be pallbearer at Ali funeral

DETAILS OF MUHAMMAD ALI'S FUNERAL:

PALLBEARERS:

- Actor Will Smith - played Ali in the 2001 movie of the same name, earning an Oscar nomination and becoming a family friend

- Boxing champion Lennox Lewis - one of three boxers along with Ali and Evander Holyfield to have held the heavyweight title three times

- Family - Ali's cousins John Grady and Jan Wadell, his nephew Ibn Ali, his former brother-in-law Komawi Ali

- Jerry Ellis, the brother of Ali's sparring partner and former world heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis

- Family friend John Ramsey

SPEAKERS:

- Former US president Bill Clinton to deliver eulogy

- Comedian Billy Crystal

- Sportscaster Bryant Gumbel

- Malcolm X's daughter Attalah Shabazz

- Ali's widow Lonnie Ali

- Eldest daughter Maryum

- Rabbi Michael Lerner and other faith leaders

Off the list: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and King Abdullah II of Jordan

OFFICIAL EVENTS

- 30,000 tickets distributed to the public for two memorials scheduled for Thursday and Friday in sports arenas in Louisville

- Thursday: private ceremony followed by an Islamic service at midday (0200 AEST Friday) for the public at Freedom Hall, the site of Ali's last professional fight in Louisville, where he defeated Willi Besmanoff on November 29, 1961

- Friday: Ali's family will gather for prayers, to be followed by the funeral procession through Louisville, with the route including a boulevard bearing Ali's name on the way to the Cave Hill Cemetery

- The main service will take place at the KFC Yum! Center at 2pm local time (0400 AEST Saturday) in Louisville.

- It will be open to the public and also streamed live on the internet.