Ali, the Fighting Prophet - Hardcover

Ali, the Fighting Prophet

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good. First Edition. Hardback. Very slight foxing to end inside covers. Slight wear and foxing to D/J. Price clipped to D/J. With a Foreword by Henry Cooper. In this book the author guides us through the life and career of Ali, from his birth as Cassius Macellus Clay, the son of a sign painter in Lousville, to his triumphant re-capture of the World Heavyweight Championship when he defeated George Foreman in Zaire in 1974. The career of the 'Greatest' is analysed in detail, but other sides of his life are also shown. His strange fear of flying which almost stopped him going to Rome for the Olympic Games in 1960 (a fear that was cured when he won the gold medal). His remarkable predicitons, which more than once nearly caused his undoing. His gradual conversion to the Muslim faith. This is the story of a remarkable man. The foreword to this book has been written by Henry Cooper, who fought Ali twice, including the famous incident in 1964 when he put the then young Clay on the seat of his pants. Illustrated. 96 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.). Artikel-Nr. 071720

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