Ali in Action: The Man, The Moves, The Mouth

by Les Krantz

The iconic Muhammad Ali is the most recognized man in the world. Now for the first time ever, sparkling clear sportswriting has been melded with DVD technology to bring together Ali’s brilliant ring moves, his colorful rhetoric, and historic photos of his career. Here you’ll find rare footage of Ali’s famous “Pearls of Wisdom,” as well as highlights of fights such as the “Thrilla in Manila” and the “Rumble in the Jungle” that have generally been blacked out until now.

The masterfully composed book contains details and highlights from Ali’s youth and his Olympic gold medal win as Cassius Clay, to his battle against Parkinson’s Disease and carrying the torch at the opening of the 1996 Olympic Games. This is the all-time monument to the 20th century’s greatest athlete, a must-have for sports fans and anyone who wants to remember this legendary champion and American icon.

160 pages, Hardcover

First published September 16, 2008

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 3 out of 5]

The life and legend of the greatest boxer without a doubt of all times, Muhammed Ali. A commitment to his beliefs, despite the consequences, endured longer than his title fights. Many of those who found him deplorable at the time wound up appreciating the man, and not just the fighter with the passage of time. No doubt the world was different in the 1960's (or was it?). People disliked him for a variety of reasons-being black, a Muslim, a braggard, and in many eyes a draft dodger. His life and fights, of a contraversial heavy weight boxer who was the /greatest in modern times.
Highly recommend reading whether a boxing fan or not.

[Jax · Rating 4 out of 5]

The novel is Ali in Action: The Man, The Moves, The Mouth. This book by: Les Krantz is about the historic and remarkable life of arguably the greatest boxer of all time Muhammad Ali. This goes through Ali's earliest starts and how he grew to the famous person most know him as today. His life was truly extraordinary no other person boxed like he did, truly one of a kind with a huge mouth but he was able to bake it up, he talked the talk but also walked the walk.

The book is placed through Ali and his events in life that were important. The scenes mainly take place in big fights he had been in and the story of how he got into that fight and what he had predicted and the outcome. It also gives some info from his home life and how he grew up showing how he became who most all know.

I would recommend this book for sure. I would recommend this for someone who is looking to read a non-fiction book and has sports interests. The thing that I liked about the book is that it went into detail about how he got there and also what he had done at that point in his life. I didn't really dislike anything about this book it was a great non-fiction book in my opinion.

[Nelson King]

Alright... not too detailed.