Being Sugar Ray : Sugar Ray Robinson, America's Greatest Boxer and First Celebrity Athlete
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0465078044
ISBN-13
9780465078042
Publisher
Basic Books
Imprint
Basic Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 1st, 2008
Print length
272 Pages
Weight
326 grams
Dimensions
20.50 x 12.00 x 1.00 cms
Product Classification:
Biography: sport
Ksh 3,850.00
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A biography of Sugar Ray Robinson and an intellectual expedition into the culture of celebrity in sports
And in this corner, hailing from Black Bottom, Detroit by way of Harlem, with more victories than Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali combined, the greatest fighter-pound for pound-of all time: Sugar Ray Robinson. If imitation is truly the sincerest form of flattery then there should be little doubt Sugar Ray Robinson is the greatest and most influential American boxer of all time. Fighters (and the occasional alt-rock band) have been adopting his name, and trying to imitate his inimitable fighting style for decades. Sugar Ray Robinson transcended race and sport to become a celebrity athlete in a way that no one-white or black-had accomplished before him. From his business empire to his prized flamingo pink Cadillac, described as the Hope Diamond of Harlem, Kenneth Shropshire shows Sugar Ray was the trailblazer whom every athlete since has been trying, consciously or otherwise, to emulate.
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