The title fight in which Muhammad Ali asserted his identit
His back ached, his hands hurt, the press hated him, and the feds wanted to throw him in jail. Tired of it all, Muhammad Ali announced that he would fight two more times and then retire.
Read MoreAs Muhammad Ali Turns 73, His Younger Brother Rahman Takes Us on a Visit to Their Childhood Home
On a hot summer day last year, Rahman Ali walked through knee-high grass to reach the front step of the house where he and his brother Muhammad Ali grew up. It’s a small, white cottage, unoccupied, and covered in dirty aluminum siding. The front porch railing is rusted and the shingles on the roof are peeling away.
Read MoreAS the petal-strewn hearse carrying Muhammad Ali's casket drove slowly through Louisville's west end, still overwhelmingly black and wracked by poverty and crime, the inhabitants of the streets where the champion boxer grew up reclaimed him as one of their own.
Read MoreMuhammad Ali, three-time world heavyweight boxing champion, civil rights leader and arguably one of the most celebrated sports icons of the 20th century, received a farewell from thousands in his hometown of Louisville, Kentucky today. He died June 3 from complications related to the disease he brought so much attention and fundraising skills to — Parkinson’s.
Read MoreThe legendary boxer leaves a legacy unmatched in sports—a charismatic champion of free speech and civil change
Muhammad Ali, one of the most influential athletes in American history and a three-time heavyweight champion who fought as well with his mouth and mind, has died. He was 74 years old.
Read MoreAs Ali appearances become increasingly rare, fans and old friends turn out, knowing it could be their last chance to see the boxing legend
If you tell people you’re writing a book about Muhammad Ali, you’ll hear a lot of this: “Oh, I met Ali in an airport once.”
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Throughout his boxing career, Larry Holmes was something of an afterthought. He was the heavyweight champion whose reign came after the fall of Muhammad Ali, the toughest of all acts to follow. He was the fighter who almost broke Rocky Marciano’s record for consecutive wins. He possessed one of the greatest jabs in boxing history, but it was still only a jab. It is the knockout punches — the hooks and uppercuts — that sell tickets and inspire fearsome nicknames.
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