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Summary: Reveals a world I never knew and a man who transcended it
Review: I thoroughly enjoyed this book. 4 stars for the book and a 5th for Ali.I was discussing "When We Were Kings" (an amazing documentary on the Rumble in the Jungle) with a co-worker and he asked why everyone held Ali in such high esteem. I couldn't really answer him effectively until I read this book and understood the context from which Ali came. I realize now how many ways he upset the world and challenged the prevailing ideas about what a boxer should be. Remnick captures the times, Ali's amazing skill, his warmth and his tremendous impact beautifully. Ali was right when he once said, "I'm the double greatest."
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Summary: The best boxing book I've ever read
Review: Hello, this book King of the World is a great book about Cassius Clay and the champions that lead up to his dominance. It tells about Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston and many things about the stuff out of the ring that people don't usually get to see. You get to know Cassius before and after he was a champion. This is a book you want to read if u want to know anything about the greatest that ever lived.
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Summary: informative and enjoyable
Review: The book focuses on early fights of Muhammed Ali in very great detail. However, along with that you get a history of boxing in America from beginning of 1900s to 1960s. The surrounding atmosphere of the boxing world is mostly an unknown to people. This book puts it into right perspective. It is an enjoyable book to read, I recommend it.
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Summary: Superb
Review: As a Ali, and a boxing fan i was concerned that this book would not tell me anything 'new' about the champ. I shouldn't have worried the author does a superb job of telling the 'histories' of all the main players and mixing it with the society of the 1960's. He also tells the stories of the other main fighters of the times, Floyd Patterson and Sonny Liston. Never boring and written in the style of a historian the author achieves all his objectives and leaves no doubt that Muhhammad Ali was 'the greatest'...
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Summary: So . . . Liston beat Patterson then Clay beat Liston . . .
Review: A great book! It's more about Liston as the Tyson-like beautiful brute and Patterson the neurotic pugilist than about Ali (Clay). The book does great job in its discussion of the seemy side of boxing; organized crime and the like. It tends to get a bit bogged down in the last two chapters, but overall its a buy!
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Summary: Manages to both entertain and educate in an enjoyable manner
Review: Head and shoulders the best and most balanced of the numerous Ali biographies I have read, this book - like the man himself - transcends sport. Remnick is a master communicator in print who delves deeply into the culture and times of the early sixties to present a unique tale of the man who defied the establishment - both white and black - and ultimately indeed became "King of the World". This book is really three biographies in one, with the stories of Charles "Sonny" Liston and Floyd Patterson, although as in life overshadowed by Ali, still fascinating in their own way. This book manages to both entertain and educate in a most enjoyable manner. What more can you ask?
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Summary: Informative, entertaining and often thrilling.
Review: This book significantly broadened my understanding of Ali's critical role in helping Black America face White America on eye-to-eye, if not equal, terms. Ali is the rarest of characters, and Remnick does a remarkable job of presenting a story of considerable, although presently underrated, historical significance in a lucid, educational and always entertaining manner. A great read!
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Summary: What can you say, he was the greatest
Review: This is not really a standard biography. It focuses only on a few of Ali's fights, ending with his bout with Floyd Patterson in 65. So those looking for a comprehensive overview of Ali's career will be disapointed. However, it does show why Ali is the greatest athlete of the 20th century. It does that by telling Ali's story in the context of his era and it is captivating reading. We get Ali in all his greatness -- and even in all his cruelty. He was a man, but a man that stood for something. That alone makes him rare in sport, especially today when all athletes seem to be interested in are endorsement deals or making rap records. Somehow I can't picture a Michael Jordan allowing himself to be thrown out of sport during his prime years, simply because of a deeply held religious belief. Pick up with book, you won't regret it.
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Summary: READ THIS BOOK!!!
Review: Absoloutely fabulous. Having been born in the late 60's I can only imagine what it was like for Ali. While reading this book it was as if I was there. Remnick has chosen a delicious topic that left me hungry for more. Brilliantly weaving in the civil rights movement with the Heavy Weight title fights, Remnick puts the reader in the middle of the 50's and 60's. In the process he confirms what we already knew in our hearts, Ali is the greatest fighter of all time. But not just for his ability in the ring, but for his stand. His stand for what is right and possible for humanity. Bravo!
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Summary: Outstanding
Review: The colorful chartacters of the 1960s boxing world come to life in this very entertaining and insightful work. A must for non-boxing fans too!
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