Summary
Tomas Hauser: Muhammad Ali: life story
The life story of one of the most interesting, most beloved and at the same time most controversial figures of the 20th century, a man who faced the terrible legacy of slavery, warmongering politics, the constitutional order of the United States, Parkinson's disease, prejudice, hatred, but also personal doubts and fears. And he came out of all those adversities with a smile and always unfailingly on the right side of history. He fearlessly coped with adverse fate and remained on his feet until the last lap of his life. Because of him, the verdicts of sports commissions and federations were changed, short-term truces were agreed upon during wars, social customs, marketing strategies, magazine covers were changed. Because of him, people woke up in the middle of the night, bet their last dollar, protested, cried and laughed. In addition to all of the above, he also practiced boxing. He won the title of undisputed heavyweight champion of the world three times. He participated in four matches that went down in boxing history, and the audience and his guild unequivocally declared him the greatest boxer of all time. This most comprehensive, authorized biography of Muhammad Ali can also be read as a suspenseful and exciting novel about a hero who spoke defiantly in the face of injustice and death all his life - NO!
When will there be another fighter who writes songs, predicts rounds, beats everyone, makes people laugh, brings them to tears, and yet is tall and extremely beautiful like me? In the history of the world, since the beginning of time, there has never been a boxer like me. Muhammad Ali
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