| Description |
1 online resource (356 pages) |
| Contents |
Author's Note; Fighters and Fights; Reflections on Sergey Kovalev vs. Andre Ward; Heavyweights at Barclays Center; Gerry Cooney: Then and Now; Terence Crawford Comes to New York; Broner-Theophane: April Fool's Day in Washington, DC; Pacquiao-Bradley III in Perspective; Errol Spence Jr. Looks Like the Real Thing; Canelo-Khan and the Shadow of Gennady Golovkin; Lennox Lewis Is Still a Class Act; A Look Back at Thurman-Porter; Jarrell "Big Baby" Miller; The Middleweight Division; Fight Notes; Ingemar Johansson; I Am Duran; Larry Holmes vs. Gerry Cooney: Through Their Eyes; Curiosities |
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Steve Albert: From Boxing to HoopsRound-Card Girls; Brian Kenny: "Ahead of the Curve"; Fistic Nuggets; Issues and Answers; The New York State Inspector General's Investigation; What We Know about Al Haymon; "Blood Brothers": Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X; The Bible and Manny Pacquiao; Ranking the Modern Light-Heavyweight Greats; Instead of Kneeling: Slow Down, Don't Play, Vote; Fistic Notes; Paul Gallico: "A Farewell to Sport"; "Rope Burns" and "Dangerous"; "The Murder of Sonny Liston"; Literary Notes; The New York State Athletic Commission Under Fire |
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Turmoil Grows at the New York State Athletic CommissionAndrew Cuomo and the New York State Athletic Commission; A Note on Arnold Palmer; A Letter from Angelo Dundee; Howard Bingham: A Remembrance; Thoughts on the Passing of Muhammad Ali |
| Summary |
"A poignant look at Muhammad Ali...Hauser takes readers behind the scenes, giving them a seat at the table with with boxing's biggest power brokers as he reveals the inner workings of the sport and business of boxing."--Inside cover |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016.
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| SUBJECT |
Ali, Muhammad, 1942-2016 fast |
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Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography
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African American boxers -- Biography
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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African American boxers
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Boxers (Sports)
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781610756211 |
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1610756215 |
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