Muhammad Ali: Essential Sport

When Muhammad Ali first donned boxing gloves in the late Fifties as Cassius Clay, he could not have imagined the impact he would make, not merely as a sportsman but as a global figure. Anyone alive in the Sixties and Seventies couldn't help but notice this sportsman who, like a select few, broke through into celebrity status. More than that, his pronouncements were given more weight than many politicians of the time. His ring record speaks for itself: 61 fights, 56 wins, plus Olympic Gold a...