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No Way but to Fight: George Foreman and the Business of Boxing (Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports)
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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.
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"It illuminates the many ways in which Mr."
"But during Foreman's encore career, he was a step ahead of them all."
"In this well researched account, Smith...considers heavyweight George Foreman's life inside the ring and his longstanding contributions to boxing ..."
"Although not for the casual fan—if those exist in boxing anymore—students of the sport will find plenty to chew on."
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