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

by Les Krantz, Angelo Dundee (Foreword by)

DVD technology has made this breakthrough title about Muhammad Ali possible. Never before was it feasible to meld insightful sportswriting with real-life examples of Ali's brilliant ring moves and colorful rhetoric, which are the focus of the DVD documentary that is packaged with this illustrated retrospective of Ali's life. No one in ring history could move like Ali. Yet no sportswriter could adequately describe his genius as a moving target or as the rat-a-tat-tat attack machine that no other fighter could duplicate. His moves were truly ring magic! Muhammad Ali was veritably the Michael Jordan of the boxing ring, as the DVD documentary brilliantly and entertainingly reveals. Moreover, no athlete was so adept at using his vocal cords and facial expressions to play with his opponent's minds. Now you can witness the Champ's "moves and mouth" as his gums flapped and his fists flew, as it actually happened. The documentary on DVD focuses, just like the book's text, on this unique and entertaining facet of Muhammad Ali - his "moves and mouth" and the legend they engendered. The DVD Ali in Action is the first book about the Champ to incorporate a DVD. Not only is there rare footage of Ali's "pearls of wisdom," but the author has licensed, through special arrangement with ESPN, highlights of Ali's greatest fights, many of which have been generally blacked out on television. Included is the "Rumble in the Jungle" (October 30, 1974), in which you will witness firsthand how Ali baffled champion George Foreman with his famous "rope-a-dope." The DVD also highlights the "Thrilla in Manila" (October 1, 1975) in which Ali and Joe Frazier battled in the sweltering heat. Ali had predicted it would be "a thrilla and a chilla and a killa when I get the gorilla in Manila," which it proved to be. And, of course, the DVD also includes highlights of the "Fight of the Century" (March 8, 1971), which matched two undefeated heavyweight champions, Ali and Frazier.

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.