Boxing legend Muhammad Ali was recently hospitalized with a slight case of pneumonia that Doctors caught early on and suspect will only result in a brief hospital stay.

This three-time world heavyweight champion is receiving treated for Parkinson’s disease by his team of doctors and is listed as in stable condition.

In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2012, file photo, the former heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali, center, is crowned “King of Boxing” while accompanied by his wife, Lonnie, right, and Argentine boxer Sergio Martinez during the 50th convention of the World Boxing Council in Cancun, Mexico.

No other details are currently being released because Ali family requested privacy.

Mr. Ali’s recent public appearances have been limited in recent years because of his battles of Parkinson’s disease.

Mr. Ali retired from his boxing career in 1981 and has devoted himself to social causes. He has traveled the world on humanitarian missions, meeting with the masses and also with world leaders.