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Carefully selecting the best articles from a collection of classic magazines, here is a compilation of informative publications on the subject of sport. The titles in this range include 'The Sport of Rifle Shooting,' 'A Traditional Guide to Swimming and Diving,' 'The Great Sport of Rowing,' and many more. This particular installment, 'The Great Sport of Boxing', contains boxing stories, fighting techniques, and boxing history.
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Although Muhammad Ali's decision to assume a new name has often been portrayed as a sudden transformation, Cassius Clay's conversion to Islam was a process, not an event. For many months he received guidance from Malcolm X, who had traveled from Harlem to Miami to be his mentor as he studied for his entry into the deeply divided and fratricidal Nation of Islam. The name he assumed over those now-forgotten months was Cassius X. This is the story of...
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Boxing has been a part of our history going back centuries. Whether it's bare knuckle or the pay-per-view fights we see today, it has been a staple in our lives. In Classic Boxing Stories, Paul D. Staudohar has collected work from dozens of writers, telling stories about the sport that has been so important to them. With tales going back 100 years, you will be enthralled in the storytelling and moved by the characters who never quit.
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Many regard Muhammad Ali simply as "The Greatest" heavyweight of all time. Others admire his battles against racial injustice and religious intolerance. A few just call him "Dad." They are all here in this book-fifty men and women of note coming together to celebrate the man Sports Illustrated crowned "Sportsman of the Century": Angelo Dundee, Ali's trainer; Billy Crystal, actor; Sir Henry Cooper, former British and European heavyweight champion;...
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