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Highlights
- When Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of control.
- Author(s): Mark Kram
- 240 Pages
- Sports + Recreation, Boxing
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Book Synopsis
When Muhammad Ali met Joe Frazier in Manila for their third fight, their rivalry had spun out of control. The Ali-Frazier matchup had become a madness, inflamed by the media and the politics of race. When the "Thrilla in Manila" was over, one man was left with a ruin of a life; the other was battered to his soul.
Mark Kram covered that fight for Sports Illustrated in an award-winning article. Now his riveting book reappraises the boxers -- who they are and who they were. And in a voice as powerful as a heavyweight punch, Kram explodes the myths surrounding each fighter, particularly Ali. A controversial, no-holds-barred account, Ghosts of Manila ranks with the finest boxing books ever written.
Review Quotes
"Kram's book has the punch of historical truth written in poetic combinations by a reporter who was there." -- New York Post
"[A] frequently spectacular meditation on Ali and Frazier." -- New York Daily News
"Colorful, fascinating, brilliant." -- The Washington Post
"Ghosts of Manila will surely become the definitive work on the definitive boxer of our times." -- London Sunday Times