| Just finished reading (Ali)................... [message #1087081] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 04:58 |
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I just finished reading the book by Thomas Hauser, "Muhammad Ali - His Life
and Times."
The book was amazing, even if your not a huge Ali fan. I recommend it to
everybody here on RSB.
I watched a lot of classic films on all the HW greats, but Ali edges out Joe
Louis as the #1 Heavyweight of all-time. The guy beat -Foreman, Liston,
Frazier, and Norton.
The Ali that beat Cleveland Williams was perhaps the most complete boxer in
history. Prime Ali had it all: Speed, reflexes, adequate punching power, and
a granite chin.
Scar TKO
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| Re: Just finished reading (Ali)................... [message #1087084 ] |
Mon, 17 July 2006 05:18 |
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As an over view, Tom's book is the definitive all around study so
far... well researched and constructed from over 200 interviews...
along with Black Lights, his signature work... for a poetic (literary)
rendering of Ali read Wilfred Sheed's "Muhammad Ali" a masterwork long
essay on Ali published in 1975...
P
TIMOTHY DONATELLI wrote:
> I just finished reading the book by Thomas Hauser, "Muhammad Ali - His Life
> and Times."
>
> The book was amazing, even if your not a huge Ali fan. I recommend it to
> everybody here on RSB.
>
> I watched a lot of classic films on all the HW greats, but Ali edges out Joe
> Louis as the #1 Heavyweight of all-time. The guy beat -Foreman, Liston,
> Frazier, and Norton.
>
> The Ali that beat Cleveland Williams was perhaps the most complete boxer in
> history. Prime Ali had it all: Speed, reflexes, adequate punching power, and
> a granite chin.
>
> Scar TKO
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