Knockout: The Art of Boxing

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Chronicling the legacy of boxing's biggest names-including the great Muhammad Ali-and their impact on "the sweet science," Knockout: The Art of Boxing pays tribute to Ken Regan's incomparable photography and coverage of the sport. Ken Regan was a young photographer in 1964 when he covered Muhammad Ali's first fight: his historic victory over Sonny Liston in Miami Beach. Afterward, the young photographer embarked on a lifelong love affair with the sport of boxing. For the next four decades, Regan chronicled the greatest fights and the greatest fighters of the age. His extraordinary photographs include many of the most enduring images ever created in the history of boxing, as well as portraits of notable trainers, managers, promoters, writers, and the whole panoply of celebrities associated with the sport. Featuring some of the greatest ring action in boxing history, Knockout: The Art of Boxing takes us from sparring sessions and press conferences to weigh-ins and post-fight sessions. Knockout also features Regan's compelling stories and firsthand account of his amazing photographic journey into the heart of boxing. Beginning with his early magazine work shooting prizefights, and throughout the following decades, Regan developed close personal friendships with some of the world's greatest boxers. Regan captures intimate moments showing fighters with their families at home and on the road. With black-and-white and color photography that captures the art of boxing in its purest form, Knockout is one of the most celebrated books ever published on the sport, and a fitting tribute to "The Greatest" boxer of all time, Muhammad Ali.

Ken Regan began his career in photography by covering sports events such as the World Series, Super Bowls, the Olympics, heavyweight championship boxing, hockey, basketball, tennis, and auto racing. In the 1970s, Regan's scope expanded to the political to include coverage of campaigns, demonstrations, the Kennedy family, and wars in Vietnam, Bosnia and the Persian Gulf. He has also toured with the world-renowned rock and roll musicians and has a vast archive of photographs of Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones, Madonna, and many others. Regan has more than two hundred magazine covers to his credit, and his work has been featured in such publications as Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, Time, Sports Illustrated, Life, Newsweek, Paris Match, and People magazine. Ken Regan is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.