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They Must Fall: Muhammad Ali and the Men He Fought features
powerful and often moving images and stories of Muhammad Ali and
the men he fought in the ring, by award-winning photographer
Michael Brennan. "Around 1978, I had been in Houston, Texas
photographing former Ali opponent George Foreman who had then
reinvented himself as a roadside preacher. On the plane back to
NYC, I thought, 'If that's what George is doing, I wonder what the
rest of his opponents are up to?' I set out to track down as many
of the old guys as I could find." Brennan spent decades locating
Ali's former opponents to discover what had become of them. This
unique book is a look through Brennan's remarkable archive,
containing numerous never-before- seen photos plus poignant stories
illuminating the images and contextualising Ali's powerful role in
the world of sport. Includes a special introductory essay by the
late, great Jimmy Breslin. "Michael Brennan's iconic 1977 portrait
photograph of Muhammad Ali captures something far bigger and deeper
than just the beautiful face of a beautiful man. It is a detailed
map of the personal journey of one whose incomparable talents and
audacity caused literati to swoon, taught a generation to question
authority, and ultimately altered the path of a society which had
never before seen a man exactly like him. To look at him the way he
was then is to remember, with joy and sorrow, who we all once
were." - Jim Lampley, discussing the cover image (Boxing
commentator, HBO Sports)
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