Muhammad Ali: The Making of an Icon (Sporting)

Ezra's book is well-written and as equally well-researched. His goals of relating Ali's early professional career, the managerial record of his earliest investors (the LSG), and Ali's post boxing life from cultural and commercial perspectives are achieved. For me personally, I learned how involved the LSG was in creating Ali's public personna - his moral authority in Ezra's words, and how the same struggle continues, even though Ali dead. Highly recommended to boxing and sports historians, as well as those interested in American culture.