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Sparring with Smokin' Joe
Joe Frazier's Epic Battles and Rivalry with Ali
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2021
Zusammenfassung
"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.
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Auflage
1/2021
Copyrightjahr
2021
ISBN-Print
978-1-5381-3679-9
ISBN-Online
978-1-5381-3680-5
Verlag
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Sprache
Englisch
Seiten
234
Produkttyp
Monographie
Inhaltsverzeichnis
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Acknowledgments Kein Zugriff
1 Up in Joe’s Lair Kein Zugriff
2 Down with the Gym Rats Kein Zugriff
3 Return to Black Roots Kein Zugriff
4 More Than the White Man’s Champion Kein Zugriff
5 Ali’s Tap Dance and Frazier’s Flying Circus Kein Zugriff
6 Lessons on Beating a Bear Kein Zugriff
7 In the Shadow of Champions Kein Zugriff
8 Bumpy Roads to Olympic Glory Kein Zugriff
9 The Fraziers Go Pro Kein Zugriff
10 (Mis)managing Marvis Kein Zugriff
11 Smokin’ Joe and the Ali Wars Kein Zugriff
12 Ali and Frazier on the Comeback Trail Kein Zugriff
Epilogue: Ain’t Nothing but a Party Kein Zugriff Seiten 201 - 212
