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Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali: The Tribute
The definitive tribute that celebrates the life and legacy of Muhammad Ali, an American original.
From his unlikely transformation from Louisville Golden Gloves winner to Olympic gold medalist to three-time heavyweight champion, civil rights hero and at one point, the most famous person on earth, Muhammad Ali and his journey were always chronicled and celebrated by Sports Illustrated's writers and photographers. Now, all of those moments and memories are collected in Muhammad The Tribute , a deluxe fully-illustrated gift book that celebrates the life and legacy of this iconic athlete and champion.
He shook up the world and became the boxer who went from the sports page to the front page. As a young fighter he revolutionized boxing as the fleet-of-foot dancer who took the crown from Sonny Liston; his rivalry with Joe Frazier was legendary; he grew up into one of the toughest heavyweights of all time, winning The Rumble in the Jungle and the Thrilla in Manilla. He was then able to parlay that fame into a role as elder statesman and inspiration to decades of athletes who would come behind him. All of those moments are captured here in distinct chapters that take you from Rise to Rumble, Exile to Return, Greatest, and Statesman.
Written with the keen insight that only Sports Illustrated can bring, with a special gatefold that features stats and images from every one of this legendary bouts, and hundreds more black and white and full-color photographs that have become as iconic as the man himself, Muhammad The Tribute will stand as the companion piece to a legendary man and athlete.
From his unlikely transformation from Louisville Golden Gloves winner to Olympic gold medalist to three-time heavyweight champion, civil rights hero and at one point, the most famous person on earth, Muhammad Ali and his journey were always chronicled and celebrated by Sports Illustrated's writers and photographers. Now, all of those moments and memories are collected in Muhammad The Tribute , a deluxe fully-illustrated gift book that celebrates the life and legacy of this iconic athlete and champion.
He shook up the world and became the boxer who went from the sports page to the front page. As a young fighter he revolutionized boxing as the fleet-of-foot dancer who took the crown from Sonny Liston; his rivalry with Joe Frazier was legendary; he grew up into one of the toughest heavyweights of all time, winning The Rumble in the Jungle and the Thrilla in Manilla. He was then able to parlay that fame into a role as elder statesman and inspiration to decades of athletes who would come behind him. All of those moments are captured here in distinct chapters that take you from Rise to Rumble, Exile to Return, Greatest, and Statesman.
Written with the keen insight that only Sports Illustrated can bring, with a special gatefold that features stats and images from every one of this legendary bouts, and hundreds more black and white and full-color photographs that have become as iconic as the man himself, Muhammad The Tribute will stand as the companion piece to a legendary man and athlete.
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304 pages, Hardcover
Published June 14, 2016
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June 25, 2016
Ali is my hero. He spoke up for what he believed in. He exhibited self-confidence daily. Ali is the most photographed and written-about person in Sports Illustrated history. There will never be anyone that can take his place. Rest in Heaven Muhammad Ali...
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December 2, 2023
If I haven’t read other books on Ali I would have given it 4 or 5 stars. But repetition is prominent.
BTW, Frazier won the third fight. Dig deep.
BTW, Frazier won the third fight. Dig deep.
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September 28, 2016The book Sports Illustrated Muhammad Ali: The Tribute
by the editors of sports illustrated tells the story…about all the struggles and all of the greatness that Muhammad Ali had and did in his life. Overall, I thought the book was a good book with amazing facts and good art of Muhammad Ali. I could definitely relate this book to Kobe Bryant the Definitive because, they both tell about one another's hard come up and life. They both struggled and overcome all the bad things to achieve their goal of being the greatest ever.
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