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“He thinks he’s got a compelling story to tell, and he fully plans to tell it now that his father has passed,” the insider continues.

Ali Jr., along with sisters Maryum, Jamillah and Rasheda, was the product of Ali’s second marriage. Ali divorced their mother Khalilah when Ali Jr. was just 5, but Ali’s third wife, Veronica, still made them feel part of the family.

“They didn’t get to spend a lot of time with their father, but then again, Muhammad was so busy with his boxing career they didn’t see much of him anyway,” the source says. “Veronica still allowed the children to visit their dad, and they got to know their stepsisters Laila and Hana, the girls Veronica had with Muhammad.”

But any relationship Ali Jr. had with his father ground to a halt when Ali divorced Veronica and married Lonnie in 1986.

“In Jr.’s mind, Lonnie schemed her way into his father’s life and then ruled it with an iron fist,” a source says. “He would go months without being allowed to talk to his father on the telephone, and years without personal visits.

“Jr. was just growing into a man when his father married Lonnie, and he says he lost his father when he needed a father the most. He can never forgive her for that.”

While the source says Ali Jr. might still be in a position to lay a partial claim to his father’s estate, “He’s more interested in finding a book agent and being able to tell his story.”