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Liston and Ali: The Ugly Bear and the Boy Who Would Be King by Bob Mee (Paperback, 2010)
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Three months after the assassination of John F. Kennedy, two prizefighters named Charles 'Sonny' Liston and Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. stepped into a boxing ring in Miami to dispute the heavyweight championship of the world. America was in turmoil. Nobody knew who or what to trust. Sport can offer catharsis in times of crisis, but not this time. Liston was a mob fighter with a criminal past, and rumours were spreading that Clay was not just a noisy, bright-eyed boy blessed with more than his share of the craziness of youth, but a believer in a shadowy cult- the Nation of Islam. Instead of a hero and a villain, boxing had served up two bad guys. Against this backdrop of political instability, of a country at war with itself, in a time when ordinary African-American people were still being maimed and killed for the smallest acts of defiance, Liston and Clay sought out their own individual destinies. Liston and Ali follows the contrasting paths these two men took, from their backgrounds in Arkansas and Kentucky through to that 16-month period in 1964 and 1965 when the story of the world heavyweight championship centred on them and all they stood for. Using original source material, it explores a riveting chapter in sporting history with fresh insight and in rare detail.Product Identifiers
PublisherTransWorld LTD
ISBN-139781845966225
eBay Product ID (ePID)93226445
Product Key Features
Book TitleListon and Ali: the Ugly Bear and the Boy Who Would Be King
AuthorBob Mee
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
GenreBiographies & True Stories, Sports
Number of Pages336 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height234mm
Item Width153mm
Item Weight464g
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Title_AuthorBob Mee
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
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- 22 May, 2020
A book of great interest that I found lightweight and hard to put down
The book I found very interesting and compelling . It produced lots of facts and features about both Liston and Ali . Highly recommended .Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
