Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, Foreman: And an America on the Ropes

by Richard Hoffer and Athena Dixon

Book Overview

The fights resonate still: The Fight of the Century, Down Goes Frazier , The Rumble in the Jungle, The Thrilla in Manila. And the fighters, too--MUHAMMAD ALI, JOE FRAZIER, GEORGE FOREMAN--three complicated and competitive men who happened to be vying for sport's biggest prize when boxing was still a national reassurance and its champion a cultural resource. They fought five times for that title, from 1971 to 1975, ranging across the globe, and their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306822229
• ISBN13: 9780306822223
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.3" x 9.0"