The Big Fight: When Ali Conquered Ireland - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Merrion PressISBN-13:9781785375460ISBN-10:1785375466UPC:9781785375460Book Category:History, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Europe, BoxingBook Topic:IrelandSize:8.98 x 5.98 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCJTRQGJB2
The Big Fight: When Ali Conquered Ireland
On a balmy July evening in 1972, to the sound of The Dubliners, Muhammad Ali climbed through the ropes to fight Al ' Blue' Lewis at Croke Park. The most famous athlete in the world had somehow been inveigled to Ireland by Butty Sugrue, a charismatic entrepreneur who was ridiculed for trying to do the impossible right up to the moment Ali and his entourage touched down at Dublin Airport. And so...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Merrion PressISBN-13:9781785375460ISBN-10:1785375466UPC:9781785375460Book Category:History, Sports & RecreationBook Subcategory:Europe, BoxingBook Topic:IrelandSize:8.98 x 5.98 x 0.71 inchesWeight:0.9017Product ID:SCJTRQGJB2
Born in Cork city, Dave Hannigan is a former Irish Young Journalist of the Year. Starting his career at The Sunday Tribune, he now writes a weekly sports column in The Irish Times. He has also worked for the Evening Echo, The Irish Echo, The Sunday Times and the Irish Daily Mail. Hannigan has written non-fiction books about Winston Churchill, Eamon de Valera, Terence MacSwiney and Brendan Behan....
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