Sparring With Smokin'' Joe - Joe Frazier''s Epic Battles and Rivalry With Ali

"This Maileresque combination of personal reflection, boxing analysis, and sports biography is a must read for fight fans...." Booklist, Starred Review - This book offers fascinating new insight into the usually private Joe Frazier, including his relationship with his son, wars with Muhammad Ali, and his life after retirement.

List of contents

Acknowledgments

Main Event
Chapter One: Up in Joe's Lair
Chapter Two: Down with the Gym Rats
Chapter Three: Return to Black Roots
Chapter Four: More than the White Man's Champion
Chapter Five: Ali's Tap Dance and Frazier's Flying Circus
Chapter Six: Lessons on Beating a Bear
Chapter Seven: In the Shadow of Champions
Chapter Eight: Bumpy Roads to Olympic Glory
Chapter Nine: The Fraziers Go Pro
Chapter Ten: (Mis)managing Marvis
Chapter Eleven: Smokin' Joe and the Ali Wars

Extra Rounds
Chapter Twelve: Ali and Frazier on the Comeback Trail

Epilogue: Ain't Nothing but a Party

Bibliography

Index

About the Author

About the author

Glenn Lewis

Product details

• Authors: Glenn Lewis, Lewis Glenn
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.02.2025
• EAN: 9781538199046
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9904-6
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Martial arts, self-defence; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing, Biography: sport, Boxing, HISTORY / African American & Black