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Boxing Greats: An Illustrated History of the Legends of the Ring |
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Love it or hate it, boxing is about as primal and compelling as a sport can get. There's nothing more basic than doing battle one-on-one, but that's just where the sweet science begins; rarely is a punch thrown that isn't filled with social--and even political--overtones. Boxing Greats is a large-format volume that does a credible job of presenting the history and social import of the sport, from its ancient beginnings right up to and beyond the collision of Mike Tyson's teeth with Evander Holyfield's ear, but what elevates its yeoman prose into a knockout experience are the exquisite illustrations that fill every page. You'll find a feast of images here--historical, publicity, and in-the-ring action. The prephotography era is built on lovely drawings and paintings of famous early fights and fighters, but the real treat is in what the lens has preserved over the last hundred or so years: James Jeffries training, Jess Willard sending Jack Johnson to the canvas; the ultimate knockdown of the brutal Dempsey-Firpo brawl; stark images of fists and fury from the storied careers of Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Archie Moore, Hearns and Hagler, Duran and Leonard, and, of course, Muhammad Ali. With the possible exception of Babe Ruth, the camera has never caressed an athlete the way it does Ali. Ali is the obvious love interest and centerpiece of Boxing Heroes; his career kept reinventing itself. But the book's appeal is in how it's willing to go the distance with so many other terrific fighters. --Jeff Silverman
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