MUHAMMAD ALI: THE EYEWITNESS STORY OF A BOXING LEGEND

London: Carlton Books, Limited.. Very Good/Very Good. 2000. First Edition, First Printing. Hard Cover. Large 4to 1858689511 Dust wrapper unclipped. No inscription. 176 pages clean and tight. This is a very heavy book, the price includes any additional postal costs above default for UK Shipping. "I am the Greatest ,'proclaimed the young fighter from Louisville. Most criticised this upstart, few believed that he had the skills to lustify such a statement-he was to prove them wrong. Not only did Muhammad Ali become the greatest heavyweight to have ever stepped into the boxing ring, he also became a fascinating and compelling gentleman outside of it- the most-recognized man on the planet a man in a racially motivated world behind whom any race could unite. MUHAMMAD ALl-The Eye-Witness Story of a Boxing Legend charts the extraordinary story of an extraordinary man through the words of not only Ali, but those around him (his coaches and opponents) and those who bore witness to the legend that was unfolding before their eyes. HIS BLACK MIDDLE-CLASS UPBRINGING IN KENTUCKY. HIS AMATEUR CAREER AND 1960 OLYMPIC SUCCESS. THE EARLY PROFESSIONAL BOUTS AND WORLD TITLE FIGHTS WITH SONNY LISTON. HIS MUSLIM CONVERSION AND THE CONTROVERSY SURROUNDING HIS REFUSAL TO JOIN THE US ARMY ? COMEBACK FIGHTS, INCLUDING "THE RUMBLE IN THE JUNGLE" and the "THE THRILLA IN MANILA" HIS RETIREMENT, FIGHT WITH DISEASE AND LIFE OUTSIDE THE RINGS. "1 want them to put on my tombstone. 'He took a few cups of love, one teaspoon of patience, one tablespoon of generosity, and one pint of kindness. Then he mixed it up. spread it over the span of a lifetime, and served it to each deserving person he met." Muhammad Ali. .