Muhammad Ali and the Greatest Heavyweight Generation
Written by an outstanding sportswriter/columnist, this book chronicles the richest age in the 120-year history of gloved prizefighting s heavyweight division. Baby-boomer fight fans are spoiled, conditioned as they are to believe that the division should ALWAYS be populated by the likes of Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Quarry, Bonavena, Terrell, Shavers, and the like. The truth is it has happened once and only once. Tom Cushman s stirring remembrance of that time and those personalities is a great read for those who saw it and those who can only wish they had. --Jim Lampley, HBO Boxing CommentatorTom Cushman, the sportswriter who knew every square of the old square jungle. During the time I was in boxing and he was writing, he tried to help make boxing better. --George Foreman, Two-time World Heavyweight Boxing ChampionTom Cushman is introspective and the best writer in any phase of sports that I have ever known. This book reflects just that. --Bob Knight, Hall of Fame basketball coach