This is the story of his self-creation, and his rise to glory, written by a Pulitzer Prize-winning author. As both a mirror and a molder of his times, Ali became the most recognizable face on the planet, a key figure in the cultural battles of the times. 1 It has been described as 'a book about a boxer, not a book about boxing. Muhammad Ali has become a mythic hero, an American icon, a self-invented legend. King of the World is a 1998 biography of Muhammad Ali written by David Remnick with a special focus on the period in Ali's life from his victory in the Olympics to his second fight with Sonny Liston. Young Clay did it his way-with little more than an Olympic gold medal to his credit, he danced into Sonny Liston's baleful view and provoked the terrifying champ into accepting him as his next challenger. If you wanted a shot at a title, you did it their way. Those were the years when boxing and boxers were at the mercy of the mob and the whim of the sportswriters. The rise of the most extraordinary athletic talent of our century-Muhammad Ali There had been mythic sports figures before Cassius Clay, but when he burst upon the sports scene in the 1950s, he broke the mold. Young Clay did it his way-with little more than an Olympic gold medal to his credit, he danced into Sonny Liston's baleful view and provoked the.
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