Prime-time boxing and the Legends of September 1953
The losers proved to be the real winners in life
The losers proved to be the real winners in life
Wilma Rudolph, Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Peter Snell and Herb Elliott were the brightest stars in Rome
Written off as a hopeless case, he brought a ruthless, coiled fury to the ring, taking back the world championship
He beat Jack Dempsey twice to become heavyweight champion – and his staid personal style foreshadowed the end of the Roaring ’20s
The boxer was a prime example of the ascension of celebrity, perhaps rivalled only by baseball’s Babe Ruth