Muhammad Ali's Greatest Fight : Cassius Clay vs. the United States of America (Paperback)

from BradKautz

Sonny Liston? Joe Frazier? George Foreman? Lean Spinks? Which each of these heavyweights who fought with Muhammad Ali gave him his toughest fight? Who was the adversary who was the most persistent and determined? As memorable as these and many other fights of Ali's career were, the claim of Howar...

from foof2you

The story I thought I knew until I read the book! A fascinating look at this period of American History and how Ali came back to regain his heavyweight title. From hero to goat to hero a remarkable story.

from jrgoetziii

Fascinating book about Ali but I think it suffered in two respects: first, it is more of a journalistic narrative of the events as they happened than a hardcore philosophical analysis of the rightness or wrongness of Ali's case, and I think it fails to go deep enough into the consequences of lett...

from anna_in_pdx

I really enjoyed this book, which focused on Muhammad Ali's private and personal life more than his boxing career. As others who got it as an ER have said, it's well-documented and an easy read. I felt that the book had a "revisionist" tone in that it often was concerned with debunking convention...

from ryan.adams

Enjoyable biography of Muhammad Ali's early life and career up until the end of his Supreme Court battle. While the book is certainly written from a pro-Ali view and wasn't the best sourced (like more normal biographies), I found it very informative, especially for someone who grew up well past A...