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When boxing ruled the world

A review of Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, Foreman and an America on the Ropes, by Richard Hoffer. Boxing was as much about politics, money and race as fighting

American heavyweight champion Joe Frazier kept his title at the end of the fight called the "match of the century" against Muhammad Ali [AFP/Getty Images]

  • Bouts of Mania: Ali, Frazier, Foreman and an America on the Ropes

    Richard Hoffer

    Aurum, pp. 278

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