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Book of the month / 2020 / 03 March

I love books. Even though I hardly read any. Because my library is more like a collection of tomes, coffee-table books, limited editions... in short: books in which not "only" the content counts, but also the editorial performance, the presentation, the curating of the topic - the book as a total work of art itself.

G.O.A.T.

Directed and produced by Benedikt Taschen

Monograph / 2003 / Taschen Publishing house

No, this is not about the sympathetic stubbornness of the genus goat. It is about the "Greatest of all Time", about a legend, an icon, one of the brightest under the stars, the sportsman of the century, the most famous boxing champion in the world: Muhammad Ali.

"Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee!" This is how they described his light-footed, elegant yet effective style, the Ali Shuffle. At the time when he became Olympic light-heavyweight champion in Rome in 1960, his name was still the same as it says on his birth certificate: Cassius Marcellus Clay - a name Ali later discarded because it refers to a protagonist from the time of slavery. For he has always had a strong opinion. He took a stand against the Vietnam War ("No Vietcong ever called me a nigger!"), lost his boxing license due to his conscientious objection, joined the Nation of Islam, fought outside the ring for the emancipation of African-Americans and never lost his sense of humor. Above all, he was a great sportsman, the only boxer who was allowed to call himself "Undisputed Champion" three times.

The list of his opponents reads like a who-is-who of heavy weight boxing: Sonny Liston, Karl Mildenberger, Floyd Patterson, Sonny Banks, Ken Norten, Chuck Wepner, Richard Dunn, Leon Spinks, Larry Holmes, ... but most of all George Foreman and Joe Frazier. And the public appeal of Big Mouth Ali was magnetic. Most boxing fights, even known by in this martial sport uninterested people, would certainly not be without him.

Like the "Fight of the Century" against Joe Frazier in Madison Square Garden in New York City. As with the moon landing or the assassination of Kennedy, every US American still knows where he was on the evening of 8 March 1971 and, if in doubt, sat in front of the television.

Then of course the legendary "Rumble in the Jungle" in Kinshasa against George Foreman, who was considered invincible. An event of superlatives, for better or for worse: Ingeniously devised by dictator Mobutu and Don King, who heralded the era of the boxing promoters, a true celebration was celebrated in front of an audience of around 100,000 and since then "Ali, boma ye!" are probably the only words on Bantu that every boxing fan knows. There was also a lot going on off the ring, with Johnny Wakelin and his evergreen "In Zaïre" not even being present at the accompanying concerts, but big names like James Brown or B.B. King. By the way: I strongly recommend the documentary "When we were Kings" by Leon Gast, a worthwhile Oscar-winning look behind the scenes.

Or the "Thrilla in Manila", Ali's third fight against his sporting archenemy Joe Frazier. In the opinion of no fewer experts, the best performance either of them had ever shown. They never come back? This did not apply to Ali.

This public effect was based, apart from his athletic ability, above all on the fact that Ali was the first athlete who also became a pop star: There were action dolls by Mattel, a photo shoot with the Beatles, the DC comic "Superman vs. Muhammad Ali" or advertisements for Capri-Sun. Then it's fitting that an outstanding book is also dedicated to him. That's right, I would actually like to tell you about a book (too).

And what a book! 'This is a monument on paper, the most megalomaniacal book in the history of civilization, the biggest, heaviest, most radiant thing ever printed - Ali's last victory ." (Der Spiegel, Hamburg). A book with the same power, courage, depth, creativity and stunning energy as the extraordinary title hero (according to the publisher). That's right.

My copy has 652 pages and weighs almost 7 kilograms and is therefore delivered in a transport box with handle. And this is the affordable mass edition. The thing, which was presented in 2003 as the "Champs Edition" by Ali and Will Smith, who embodied him in "Ali" (2001, directed by Michael Mann), throws superlatives all over the place: For example, it is bound in pink leather by the Vatican bookbindery, which in itself produces only the highest quality bibles, because that was the color of Ali's first Cadillac - a symbol that he had made it. It is accompanied by the artwork "Radial Champs" by none other than Jeff Koons. And of course it's numbered and signed by both of them.

But it is the content that makes (all editions) of this book a unique homage to its title character. With photos of sports photography legends like Neil Leifer or Howard L. Bingham, but also of the usual suspects like Steve Schapiro, David Lachapelle or Annie Leibovitz. And even Andy Warhol. With interviews with practically all relevant figures who have accompanied or fought against Ali's career. With essays from the heroes of "New Journalism" Tom Wolfe and Gay Talese to - of course - Norman Mailer, whose work "The Fight" about the title fight in Zaire could have easily earned him his third Pulitzer Prize.

Above all, however, with an incredible editorial work of an apparently top-motivated team that has researched and compiled an immense fund of material: from interviews with contemporary witnesses to private photographs of his life, posters of his first amateur fights and historical newspaper manuscripts. Plus memorabilia, works of art, curious finds... Reading this book makes you feel almost as if you were there live - or at least on a journey of discovery in the boxes in your grandparents' attic. No publisher manages to regularly send the feuilleton and me into ecstasy with such mammoth projects. Except Benedikt Taschen. No wonder his oeuvres dominate my bookshelves.

This book is worthy of a true champion. "I'd like to be remembered as a man who never looks down on those who looked up to him." Done. Thanks a lot. You're missed!

Here the link to the "Champs Edition" on the website of the Taschen publishing house:

https://www.taschen.com/pages/en/catalogue/photography/all/02612/facts.goat_champs_edition.htm

#book #book review #muhammad ali #taschen #goat

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sporthistory · 4 years

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10 September 1966 (vor 54 Jahren)

10 September 1966 (vor 54 Jahren): Cassius Clay verteidigt in Frankfurt am Main seinen Box-WM-Titel gegen Karl Mildenberger. (Geschichtskalender https://goo.gl/TDME3p )

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#Muhammad #Ali #Biography #Photos #Wallpapers #contour #edm #eyeshadow #follow #fortnite #lipstick #photography #taekwondogirl #vegas #whattowear

Muhammad Ali conquer far more champions and prime contenders than any heavyweight champion in historical past. He defeated heavyweight kings Sonny Liston (twice), Floyd Patterson (twice), Ernie Terrell, Jimmy Ellis, Ken Norton (twice), Joe Frazier (twice), George Foreman, and Leon Spinks. He defeated light-weight-heavyweight champs Archie Moore and Bob Foster. Ali defeated European Heavyweight Champions Henry Cooper, Karl Mildenberger, Jurgin Blin, Joe Bugner, Richard Dunn, Jean-Pierre Coopman and Alfredo Evangelista. He defeated British & Commonwealth king Brian London. All of Ali’s defeats have been to heavyweight champions: Joe Frazier, Ken Norton, Leon Spinks, Larry Holmes and Trevor Berbick. Also beat undefeated fighters Sonny Banks (12-0), Billy Daniels (16-0), Rudi Lubbers (21-0) and George Foreman (40-0).

Name Muhammad Ali Height 6&#a few9; 3″ Naionality American Day of Birth 17 January 1942, Set of Birth Louisville, Kentucky, USA Famous for

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jeremiasheppeler · 7 years

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Schlag-Auf-Schlag-Festival

„Die Idylle ist der gefährlichste Ort der Welt“. Dieses Motto fest im Blick, möchte das Schlag-Auf-Schlag-Festival beweisen, dass ein vielfältiges, komplexes und kompliziertes (sub)kulturelles Erleben auch in der vermeintlichen Provinz möglichst ist. Vor dem Hintergrund der wunderbaren Mühlheimer Oberstadt, genauer gesagt im Irionhaus und der Hochwacht, ist deshalb ein abwechslungsreiches und einzigartiges Programm geboten:

Festivalablauf: 15.00 Türöffnung 15.30 Vernissage „wilde körper“ & Lesung 16.30 „Frame Auf Frame“-Kurzfilme 17:30 Konzert Grodock (Irionhaus) 18.30 Lesung Toby Hoffmann 19:30 Illuminierung Stadttor & Konzert Hans-Joachim Irmler ab 20.45 Konzert Das Neue Nichts (Hochwacht) ab 22.30 Konzert krautfass 3000 (Hochwacht) Programm „Frame auf Frame“: Lucas Fröschle – I Spent Carnival At Home Willy Rollé – Rouge Kuesti Fraun – BEN Karl Stefan Röser – Die tiefe Stimme der Natur Memofilm (Girl Cave Serie) – Ich ging in die Wälder Pipo Tafel und Phillip Sichler – Breaking Markus Brenner – La Dolce Luna Stefan Gritsch und Nik Knezevic – Augenblick „Wilde Körper“ - Die Künstler Anna Laura Bach, Moritz Martin, Ines Fiegert, Felicia Zepf, Laura Heppeler, Jonathan Guggenberger, Kiki Streitberger, Bastian Epple, Nina Maier Special Guests: Nikolaus Mohr, Wei Lun Wang, Stefan Mildenberger, Julian Schiffert, Boris Petrovsky, Christof Heppeler

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