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Sparrin' with Smokin' Joe : Joe Frazier's Epic Rivalry with Ali by Glenn Lewis (2021, Hardcover)

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Sparring With Smokin Joe : Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali, Hardcover by Lewis, Glenn, ISBN 1538136791, ISBN-13 9781538136799, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "This book aims to rectify the imbalance in coverage between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali just in time for the 50th anniversary of The Fight of the Century. It is based on several months the author spent in the gym, on the road, and in verbal tussles with the legendary champion and gives new insight into Frazier"--

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Product Identifiers

PublisherRowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated

ISBN-101538136791

ISBN-139781538136799

eBay Product ID (ePID)9050398097

Product Key Features

Book TitleSparrin' with Smokin' Joe : Joe Frazier's Epic Rivalry with Ali

Number of Pages224 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year2021

TopicBoxing, General, History, Sports

IllustratorYes

GenreSports & Recreation, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorGlenn Lewis

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight0 Oz

Item Length9.4 in

Item Width6.4 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2020-031150

Dewey Edition23

ReviewsEven if you're not a boxing fan, you'll love this sizzling book. It's a real eye opener into the lives and minds of two great fighters and the people around them, with never-before-known nuggets. Relive 'The Fight of the Century' and their two other venomous brawls. Go down to ringside with Frank Sinatra, Norman Mailer, Woody Allen, and even Burt Lancaster. Spectacularly human and a real page-turner.

Dewey Decimal796.83092

Table Of ContentAcknowledgmentsMain EventChapter One: Up in Joe's LairChapter Two: Down with the Gym RatsChapter Three: Return to Black RootsChapter Four: More than the White Man's ChampionChapter Five: Ali's Tap Dance and Frazier's Flying CircusChapter Six: Lessons on Beating a BearChapter Seven: In the Shadow of ChampionsChapter Eight: Bumpy Roads to Olympic GloryChapter Nine: The Fraziers Go ProChapter Ten: (Mis)managing MarvisChapter Eleven: Smokin' Joe and the Ali WarsExtra RoundsChapter Twelve: Ali and Frazier on the Comeback TrailEpilogue: Ain't Nothing but a PartyBibliographyIndexAbout the Author

SynopsisThis book aims to rectify the imbalance in coverage between Joe Frazier and Muhammad Ali just in time for the 50th anniversary of The Fight of the Century. It is based on several months the author spent in the gym, on the road, and in verbal tussles with the legendary champion and gives new insight into Frazier., "This Maileresque combination of personal reflection, boxing analysis, and sports biography is a must read for fight fans...." Booklist , Starred Review An intimate portrait of Joe Frazier, whose ferocious rivalry with Muhammad Ali made them both boxing legends and cultural touchstones for an era. Just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of the Fight of the Century (Ali-Frazier I), Sparring with Smokin' Joe provides a penetrating, at times brutally candid, look at legendary champion Joe Frazier. Glenn Lewis spent several months in the gym, on the road, and in verbal tussles with Frazier in 1980, when Frazier was at a crossroads in his life and career. Lewis recounts Frazier's candid takes on his still-recent Hall-of-Fame career, wars with Ali, and hard-scrabble roots. Frazier also reflects on Ali's upcoming comeback fight against Larry Holmes, his own possible return to the ring, preparing his son Marvis for a pro boxing debut, and the impact of racial tensions and cultural upheaval on his fighting legacy. Sparring with Smokin' Joe reveals compelling, never-before-heard anecdotes that give new insight into the usually private Frazier, including how Ali's verbal attacks on Frazier alienated him from his own people and continued to trouble him long after retiring from the ring. An intimate portrait of a legendary fighter, Sparring with Smokin' Joe finally shares Frazier's side of an unforgettable rivalry., Just in time for the fiftieth anniversary of The Fight of the Century (Ali-Frazier I), Sparrin' with Smokin' Joe provides a penetrating, at times brutally candid, look at legendary champion Joe Frazier. While the more flamboyant, media-accessible Ali continues to receive the lion's share of the ink on their epic rivalry, Glenn Lewis rectifies that imbalance by focusing on the man whose ferocious fighting spirit enabled Ali to be viewed as truly great. Based on several months Lewis spent in the gym, on the road, and in verbal tussles with the Frazier as part of his inner circle in 1980, the book includes compelling, never-before-heard anecdotes that give new insight into Frazier and make readers reevaluate their impressions of Ali. Lewis argues that Joe actually won their second fight and even questions whether the wrong man got the mantle as "The Greatest."

LC Classification NumberGV1132.F7L49 2021