[a very nice copy, with just minor traces of wear to both book and jacket]. (B&W photographs) INSCRIBED (to "Norman" [Lear]) and SIGNED by the author on the ffep; the inscription makes reference to page 168, where Lear is mentioned in the text. The author tells his "free-swinging, behind-the-ropes story of his fifteen years in boxing," as a corner man for hundreds of fighters, most notably Muhammad Ali, who provided the book's introduction. Signed by Author View More...
[moderate external wear, a little fading along top edge of rear cover; binding still completely intact]. Trade PB (B&W photographs) An "unauthorized" yet sympathetic biography, by a prominent African-American sportswriter, of the heavyweight boxing champion who took the title away from then-champ Floyd Patterson with a stunning first-round knockout on September 25, 1962. Liston's long ascent to the pinnacle of boxing was fought both inside and outside of the ring, as he had to overcome a hardscrabble childhood which led him into extensive criminal activity (he served a two-year prison senten... View More...
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