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Originally posted by mking55
The book is called “Facing Ali” (copyright 2002) and is written by Stephen Brunt, a Canadian sportswriter who writes for the Globe and Mail (known as Canada’s National Newspaper).....


The fighters whose stories are told thru Stephen Brunts interviews with them are:
Tunney Hunsaker, Henry Cooper, George Chuvalo, Brian London, Karl Mildenberger, Joe Frazier, Jurgen Blin, Joe Bugner, Ken Norton, George Foreman, Chuck Wepner, Ron Lyle, Jean-Pierre Coopman, Earnie Shavers, and Larry Holmes......

I was fascinated to learn something about the fighters I knew nothing about. Who was Tunney Hunsaker? Why was he Cassius Clay’s first professional opponent, and what is Hunsaker now? I found the Jurgen Blin story fascinating (he always had a ‘real’ full-time job when he was a fighter, and took time off from his 'day' job to fight)......

Not one chapter disappointed me and I only wish there were more....

I'm about halfway finished with the book and I agree with you. All of the stories are interesting, but those dealing with fighters who were not on the world stage for very long were absolutely fascinating.