My Brother, Muhammad Ali, Rahaman Ali
My Brother, Muhammad Ali, Rahaman Ali
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My Brother, Muhammad Ali
The Definitive Biography

Author: Rahaman Ali, Fiaz Rafiq

Narrator: Damon Alums

Unabridged: 13 hr 22 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/27/2020


Synopsis

More words have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. He was, without doubt, the worlds most-loved sportsman. At the height of his celebrity, he was the most famous person in the world. And yet, until now, the one voice missing belonged to the man who knew him besthis only sibling, and best friend, Rahaman Ali.No one was closer to Ali than Rahaman. Born Cassius and Rudolph Arnett Clay, the two brothers grew up together, lived together, trained together, travelled together, and fought together in the street and in the ring. A near-constant fixture in his siblings company, Rahaman saw Ali at both his best and his worst: the relentless prankster and the jealous older brother, the outspoken advocate, the husband and father. In My Brother, Muhammad Ali, Rahaman offers an insider's perspective on the well-known stories as well as never-before-told tales, painting a rich and intimate portrait of a proud, relentlessly polarizing, yet often vulnerable man.In this extraordinary, poignant memoir, Rahaman tells a much bigger and more personal story than in any other book on Muhammad Alithat of two brothers, almost inseparable from birth to death. It is the final and most important perspective on an iconic figure.

About Rahaman Ali

Rahaman Ali is the only sibling of boxing legend Muhammad Ali. As brothers and best friends, they lived together, trained together, and shared pivotal experiences, from Ali's time in the Nation of Islam to the iconic “Rumble in the Jungle” against George Foreman. Ali's chief sparring partner and confidante, he acted as a personal bodyguard throughout his brother's career. Retired from competing as a heavyweight himself, he currently lives in Louisville, Kentucky.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Erik on September 07, 2023

Told by the brother. It was a very emotional book that portrayed The Champ in a very loving light. Rahaman speak of the good, the bad and ugly but always shines a warm light over his brother. I loved the book and it feels very VERY intimate which is nice!......more

Goodreads review by Taher on August 17, 2020

Amazing insights about the life of someone who was even greater outside the ring than he was inside of it.......more

Goodreads review by Courtney on September 09, 2021

This is a long book clocking in at 13 hrs+ in audio format. I am surprised I endeavored into it because I am not a huge boxing fan. I did, however, like the personality, the charisma of Ali. I read other reviews about the book. These were reviews, largely, from people that were huge fans of boxing a......more

Goodreads review by Tess on March 13, 2023

Ali was an impressive, complex, contradictory man and while there are plenty of interesting vignettes in this memoir and Rahaman clearly loved his brother, it ended up quite repetitive and frustrating to have to read between the lines for every moment of "my brother did no wrong" to get an actual st......more

Goodreads review by Rob on April 22, 2023

Sadly, this was easily my least favorite Ali biography. I hoped for new personal insight about Ali’s life from his brother but instead this book was mostly a selective set of critiques of the high points of Ali’s life. There is a slight tinge of revisionism at times as well. Overall a bit of a letdo......more