"Mr. Snyder writes lyrically, and his research appears to be
impeccable: It's hard to imagine that anyone has slipped through
his interview net... When Bundini died, Ali was abroad and unable
to attend the funeral, but he sent flowers with a card that read:
'You made me the greatest.' Many members of the boxing fraternity,
George Foreman and Larry Holmes included, think that Ali wasn't
exaggerating. Mr. Snyder's affecting portrait will convince the
rest of us as well." -Gordon Marino, Wall Street Journal "I think
Bundini was the source of Muhammad Ali's spirit. I wouldn't even
call him a trainer or cornerman, he was more important than a
trainer. Ali had an unmeasurable determination and he got it from
Bundini." -George Foreman "When you talk about Bundini, you are
talking about the mouthpiece of Muhammad Ali, an extension of
Muhammad Ali's spirit. There would never have been a Muhammad Ali
without Drew Bundini Brown." -Khalilah Camacho-Ali (Muhammad Ali's
second wife) "Bundini gave Ali his entire heart. Bundini played a
very important part in Ali's career. He was Ali's right hand man.
He knew exactly how to motivate him. He was the one guy who could
really get him up to train and get him ready to fight." -Larry
Holmes Fifty years after he coined the iconic phrase Float like a
butterfly, sting like a bee, Drew "Bundini" Brown remains one of
boxing's most mysterious and misunderstood figures. His impact on
the sport and the culture at large is undeniable. Cornerman and
confidant to two of the greatest fighters ever-Sugar Ray Robinson
and Muhammad Ali-Brown lived an extraordinary American life. After
a poverty-stricken childhood in Jim Crow Florida, Brown came of age
traveling the world as a naval steward. On being discharged, he
settled in New York City and spent wild nights in the jazz joints
of Harlem, making a name for himself as the charismatic street
philosopher and poet some called "Fast Black." He married a white
woman from a family of Orthodox Jewish immigrants, in dramatic
defiance of 1950s cultural norms, and later appeared in films such
as the blaxploitation classic, Shaft. In Bundini, Todd Snyder digs
deep into Brown's expansive story, revealing not only how he became
Muhammad Ali's "hype man," but also, as boxing's greatest
motivator, how he became a model for others who seek to inspire, in
any endeavor.
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