Dupree, Jimmy, 87
E
Ellis, Jimmy, 88, 89, 100–101
Evers, Medgar, 39
F
Farmer, James, 28
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 68
Fetchit, Stepin, 79
Fight chronology, 165–169
5 Percenters, 70
Foreman, George
Ali fight (1974, Kinshasa, Zaire), 115, 116–123, 124–125, 126–127, 130, 143, 144
Frazier fight (1973, Kingston, Jamaica), 108, 110–111, 116, 132–133
media and, 132
personality of, 157
Foster, Bob, 90, 103
Foster, Mac, 101, 103
Fox, Michael J., 148
Frazier, Joe, xi
Ali and, 85, 90, 91, 99–100, 131–132
Ali fight (1972, NY), 91–93, 94–95, 96
Ali fight (1974, NY), 108, 111–112, 130, 141
Ali fight (Quezon, Philippines, 1975), 131, 134–135, 136–137, 138–139, 144
Bugner fight (1973, London), 111
career and biography of, 86–90, 131–132
Ellis fight (1970), 89
Foreman fight (1973, Kingston, Jamaica), 108, 110–111, 132–133
health of, 109–110, 132–133
Mathis fight (Olympics, 1964), 101
media and, 132, 133
Olympics (1964), 77, 86, 101
as role model, 98
G
Glenn, John H., 26
Golden Gloves championships
Ali, 9, 76–77
economic levels, 76–77
Quarry, 72
Graham, Billy, 148
Graziano, Rocky, 48
Gross, Milton, 102
H
Harlem (NYC), ix, 13–14
Hepburn, Katherine, 148
Hitler, Adolf, 24
Holmes, Larry, 146
Hypertension, 110
I
Inside Boxing, 42
J
Jackson, Reggie, x
Jackson, Tommy “Hurricane,” 150
Jeffries, James J., 49
Johansson, Ingemar, 25
John Paul II (pope of Rome), 148
Johnson, Jack, 49, 50
Johnson, Lyndon B., 51, 67
Jones, Doug, Ali fight (1963, NY), 30–31
Joplin, Janis, 55
K
Kennedy, John F., 38, 39, 114
Kennedy, Robert F., 69, 114
Kent State University killings, 114
Kentucky Golden Gloves, 9
Kerner Commission, 68
King, B. B., 117
King, Coretta Scott, 71
King, Don, 119
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 28, 51
assassination of, 68–69, 70, 72, 98–98, 114
March on Washington, 39
nonviolence, 46
Knockout, professional boxing, 18
L
Lewis, Al “Blue,” 102
Life magazine, 147
Liston, Charles “Sonny,” 36, 50, 51, 90, 159
Ali fight (1964, Miami Beach), xiii–xix, 43, 46–47, 88, 106, 147
Ali fight (1965, Lewiston, Maine), 50, 51–52, 53
boxing skills of, 47
career of, 25, 26
criminal activities, xiv–xv, 47, 154, 157
Golden Gloves championship, 76
media and, 132
Patterson fights (1962 and 1963), xiv, 26, 46
Little, Malcolm. See Malcolm X
Lomax, Louis, 36–37
London, Brian, 57
Louis, Joe, ix, xi
Ali and, 113–114, 120
career of, 23–25, 64, 131, 143
health of, 150
media and, 78
name change, 48
racism and, 28
Louisville Sponsoring Group, 14, 18
Lubbers, Rudi, 107
Lyle, Ron, 130, 144
M
Mafia, Liston and, xiv–xv, 47
Mailer, Norman, 117, 120, 122
Malcolm X, 28, 38, 153
Ali and, 37
assassination of, 50–51, 98–99, 114
leadership of, 39, 50
March on Washington (1963), 38–39
Marciano, Rocky, 113, 143
Martin, Joe, 6–7, 8–9, 10, 143
Mathis, Buster, 87, 101
McIlvanney, Hugh, 91
Media
Ali and, 22–23, 31–32, 36, 42–43, 58–59, 66–67, 68, 78–79, 91, 92, 93, 96, 99, 101, 103, 107, 146, 154–155
Frazier and, 132
Liston and, 47
Louis and, 78
name changes and, 48
Nation of Islam and, 36–37, 143
Patterson and, 54
Meredith, James H., 57
Mildenberger, Karl, 57
Moore, Archie
Ali and, 113–114, 120
Ali fight (1962, Los Angeles), 26, 27
boxing and, 17, 133
career of, 15, 16, 26
training camp of, 18–20
Muhammad, Elijah, 28, 37, 42, 50, 98
Muhammad, Wali “Blood,” 120, 146
Muhammad Ali vs. Superman, 108
N
Name changes, 48, 58–59
Nation of Islam
Ali and, 28, 42–43, 48–49, 64, 66–67, 96, 98, 102, 106, 143, 154–155, 159
conscientious objector status, 59–61
growth of, 36–37
name changes, 48, 58–59
schism in, 50–51
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 25, 98, 154
New York State Athletic Commission, 88, 89
Nixon, Richard M., 98, 108
Nonviolence
Ali and, 36
King, Martin Luther Jr. and, 46
rejection of, 57
Norton, Ken, 106–107, 116, 141
O
Olympic Games (1960), ix–x, 10, 11, 12–13, 25, 77, 147
Olympic Games (1964), 69, 101, 143
Olympic Games (1968), 69, 108, 110–111, 114
Olympic Games (1996), 147–148, 149
Owens, Jesse, 114
P
Papaleo, Guiglermo, 48
Parkinson, James, 148
Parkinson’s disease, xi, 148, 150–151, 159
Patterson, Floyd, xi, 90, 91, 154, 155
Ali fight (1965, Las Vegas), 52, 54
Ali fight (1972, NY), 102–103, 104–105
career of, 25
civil rights movement, 28
Liston fights (1962 and 1963), xiv, 26, 46
media and, 132
Peace movement. See Antiwar movement
Pep, Willie, 48
Perez, Tony, 72, 74
Pietrzykowski, Zbigniew, 12–13
Plimpton, George, 117
Poitier, Sidney, 71
Powell, Charles, Ali fight (1963, Pittsburgh), 30
Presley, Elvis, 103
Q
Quarry, Jerry, xi, 89
Ali fight (1970, Atlanta), 71–72, 73, 74, 92, 141
Ali fight (1972, Las Vegas), 102
Frazier fight (1969), 88, 89, 90
Golden Gloves championship, 76
health of, 150
R
Race riots, 68
Racism. See also Segregation
boxing and, 49, 90, 132
Nazi Germany, 24
U.S., 37, 113, 152–153
Ramos, Manuel, 88
Randolph, A. Philip, 28
Reagan, Ronald, 89
Robinson, Jackie, ix
Robinson, Sugar Ray, ix, xi, 13–14, 19, 28, 48, 64, 143, 150
Rudolph, Wilma, 13
Russell, Bill, 64
S
Sadler, Dick, 119
Sarria, Luis, 120
Schmeling, Max, 24
Segregation. See also Racism
Brown vs. Board of Education, 21–22
limits imposed by, 4–5, 33
Nation of Islam and, 67–68
U.S., 113, 152–153
Smith, Red, 99
Smith, Walker, Jr., 48
Spinks, Leon
Ali fight (1978, Las Vegas), 144
Ali fight (1978, New Orleans), 144, 145, 146
Sports Illustrated magazine, 18, 54, 61, 85, 102, 131, 152
Sportsworld magazine, 133
Sportswriters. See Media
Stainbeck, Barry, 36, 42
Stander, Ron, 109
Stepin Fetchit, 79
Stoner, Fred, career of, 6–8
Symbionese Liberation Army, 70
T
Television. See Media
Terrell, Ernest
Ali fight (1967, NY), 58, 101
Golden Gloves championship, 76
Thurmond, Strom, 89
Truth, Sojourner, 41
U
U.S. Supreme Court
Ali conviction reversed by, 100
Brown vs. Board of Education, 21–22
V
Vietnam War
Ali and, xi, 97, 106, 155, 157
cease-fire (1973), 107
draft resistance, 59–61, 69
escalation of, 26, 58, 69
origins of, 21
protests of, 55, 67, 114
W
Walcott, Jersey Joe, 48, 52
Wallace, Mike, 36–37
Watergate scandal, 107–108
Wepner, Chuck, 130, 144
When We Were Kings (documentary film), 118
Williams, Cleveland, 57
World Boxing Association, 65, 70, 88, 89
World War II, 3, 24, 28
Y
Young, Andrew, 71
Z
Zyglewicz, Dave, 88, 89
THANKS TO BURT SUGAR, BOXING HISTORIAN, FOR HIS EARLY ENCOURAGEMENT; AND BILLY GILES, MIDDLEWEIGHT, AND JIMMY DUPREE, LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT, FOR THEIR PATIENCE AND INSIGHTS.
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