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Author Smith, Andrew R. M., author

Title No way but to fight : George Foreman and the business of boxing / Andrew R.M. Smith
Published Austin : University of Texas Press, 2020

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Description 1 online resource (400 pages)
Contents Prologue : crossroads -- Fruits of the fifth ward -- Corpsman's call -- God bless the puncher -- Eatin' money -- Sculpting George Foreman -- Better must come -- I ain't no dog -- Superman's evil twin -- Man without a country -- To the mountains of the moon -- I don't run because I don't have to -- You got to have a boss -- A gangster's game -- Jesus rode on a jackass -- Man of La Mancha -- Epilogue : unscripted
Summary Olympic gold medalist. Two-time world heavyweight champion. Hall of Famer. Infomercial and reality TV star. George Foreman's fighting ability is matched only by his acumen for selling. Yet the complete story of Foreman's rise from urban poverty to global celebrity has never been told until now. Raised in Houston's "Bloody Fifth" Ward, battling against scarcity in housing and food, young Foreman fought sometimes for survival and other times just for fun. But when a government program rescued him from poverty and introduced him to the sport of boxing, his life changed forever. In No Way but to Fight, Andrew R. M. Smith traces Foreman's life and career from the Great Migration to the Great Society, through the Cold War and culture wars, out of urban Houston and onto the world stage where he discovered that fame brought new challenges. Drawing on new interviews with George Foreman and declassified government documents, as well as more than fifty domestic and international newspapers and magazines, Smith brings to life the exhilarating story of a true American icon. No Way but to Fight is an epic worthy of a champion. -- Provided by publisher
Notes Print version record
Subject Foreman, George, 1949-
SUBJECT Foreman, George, 1949- fast
Subject Boxers (Sports) -- United States -- Biography
SPORTS & RECREATION / History
Boxers (Sports)
United States
Genre/Form Electronic books
Biographies
Biographies.
Biographies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1477319778
9781477319772