Introduction: Chasing Ali

Taking on the Biography of Muhammad Ali

For most of his childhood, the last face Jonathan Eig would see each night before bed was that of Muhammad Ali, as shown in a poster hanging above his bed. It looked something like this:

Eig knew even then that Ali was a legend, but never dreamed he would end up writing his biography. Not that it was an easy task. Find out how this lifelong fan ended up knowing more about the greatest boxer of all time than even some of Ali’s closest friends.