King of the World - David Remnick Reviews
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Newest Review: ... upto the point where he refused to fight in 1967 against the Vietnamese Cong. The book doesn?t go into all the details about ... more
... his fights, only five are mentioned instead the author Remnick takes a different angle. By looking at Ali against American society of the 50?s and 60?s he provides an excellent way of understanding why Ali has been branded the ?Greatest?. At times the book can be descriptive but bare with it as it just helps to add background knowledge which will help you understand Ali more. Ali in his early years grew up in Louisville, a relatively well off neighbourhood he became Olympic Champion in 1960. However, things were f...more
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Customer King of the World - David Remnick Reviews (3)
by - written on 24/03/02, updated on 24/03/02 (Very useful, 92 readings)
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I was in a book sale when I walked passed this book only to find myself walking back hastley picking up the book and spending 25p on a book that I will forever cherish. There are few people who capture hearts and mind and even though I am know avid boxing fan. With Muhammad Ali, it?s different there?s something about him that draws you to him. Although, I may never have watched a boxing match I certainly have read about him and although Ali is no longer the person he was, what he did for the world of boxing will forever live on. This book ?King of the World? focuses on Ali?s early career right upto the point where he refused to fight in 1967 against ... Read the complete review
by - written on 19/01/02, updated on 19/01/02
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I thinks its kind of sad that the figure we see now of a shaking wreck of a man was once the king of the world.And it was the craft that made him that broke him.The newer generation just see this old man in a mess wobbling up to the podium to light the Olympic torch. The irony is that it was a barrage of punches to the brain from one of the worlds most dangerous and most exploited sports that has left him this way.No greater sacrifice some might say where as I say where are the people who sponged of him now. A lot of his poetry was written for him as was his political stances on Islam and the army. Most black men were proud to fight for America in Vietnam as ... Read the complete review
by - written on 29/06/01, updated on 29/06/01 (Useful, 165 readings)
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This is a great biography, every bit as good as Thomas Hauser's acclaimed book Ali His Life and Times. You probably need to be a fan of boxing, or at least of Ali, but it's definitely worth a read. As the short description says, the book centres on the fights with Sonny Liston that made Ali into a household name. The chapter describing the first bout, when the 7-1 shot shook up the world by beating the previously unbeatable Liston, is gripping even 35 years after the event. The book is well researched and very well written. Unlike the interview style of Hauser, Remnick does most of the talking, and does so fluently. He is very thorough, tracing ... Read the complete review
