The FightThe author tells the tale of a fight between Muhammad Ali and George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaïre, in 1975, for which each fighter was paid five millions dollars. |
Contents
Carnal Indifference | 3 |
The Bummer | 19 |
The Millionaire | 31 |
Copyright | |
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