The Champ: My Year with Muhammad Ali
Michael Gaffney
Sep 2018 · Diversion Publishing Corp.
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The legendary boxer's personal photographer from 1977–1978 shares fascinating stories and stunning rare photographs.
Michael Gaffney traveled the world with Muhammad Ali, covered three fights, took eight thousand photographs, and produced hours of recordings that, pieced together in this book, define and reveal an authentic Ali. Poignant, funny, and brutally honest, this book reveals the struggles of the legendary fighter who fought to stay in the game he loved.
This is a dramatic and up-close look at the trilogy of Ali's fights from 1977–1978: A tough win against Earnie Shavers, a shocking loss to Leon Spinks, and a glorious redemptive comeback victory to win the World Heavyweight Championship for an unprecedented third time, a feat never accomplished before or since. Filled with dramatic photos, The Champ is also a compelling personal journey inside the good heart and courageous spirit of one of the most extraordinary people of our lifetime.
" The Champ is one helluva achievement and one helluva book." —Bert Randolph Sugar, Hall of Fame boxing historian
Michael Gaffney traveled the world with Muhammad Ali, covered three fights, took eight thousand photographs, and produced hours of recordings that, pieced together in this book, define and reveal an authentic Ali. Poignant, funny, and brutally honest, this book reveals the struggles of the legendary fighter who fought to stay in the game he loved.
This is a dramatic and up-close look at the trilogy of Ali's fights from 1977–1978: A tough win against Earnie Shavers, a shocking loss to Leon Spinks, and a glorious redemptive comeback victory to win the World Heavyweight Championship for an unprecedented third time, a feat never accomplished before or since. Filled with dramatic photos, The Champ is also a compelling personal journey inside the good heart and courageous spirit of one of the most extraordinary people of our lifetime.
" The Champ is one helluva achievement and one helluva book." —Bert Randolph Sugar, Hall of Fame boxing historian
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About the author
Award-winning photojournalist Michael Gaffney started his career as a news photographer in 1972. In 1977, he became Muhammad Ali's personal photographer for a year, traveled around the world, covered three fights and made eight thousand photographs of the champ. This collection of photographs combined with hours of tape recordings became the basis for Gaffney's first book, The Champ: My Year With Muhammad Ali.
In 2009, he held the first photography exhibition Muhammad Ali: The Champ at the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey. The exhibition was a benefit for the Morristown Neighborhood House, where Gaffney learned to box as a young boy. The exhibition was well received, earning a feature on ESPN with Hall of Fame Boxing Historian, Bert Randolph Sugar. It was followed by exhibitions in New Jersey, San Francisco, and London which created interest for producing The Champ.
Gaffney, a graduate of the University of Dayton, ran a corporate photography business for twenty-five years. He is presently a contract photographer with Muhammad Ali Enterprises in Manhattan with photo representation by YellowKorner Galleries worldwide. He and his wife Joanna live in Sunriver, Oregon, and Mendham, New Jersey, and have five children on both coasts.
In 2009, he held the first photography exhibition Muhammad Ali: The Champ at the Morris Museum in Morristown, New Jersey. The exhibition was a benefit for the Morristown Neighborhood House, where Gaffney learned to box as a young boy. The exhibition was well received, earning a feature on ESPN with Hall of Fame Boxing Historian, Bert Randolph Sugar. It was followed by exhibitions in New Jersey, San Francisco, and London which created interest for producing The Champ.
Gaffney, a graduate of the University of Dayton, ran a corporate photography business for twenty-five years. He is presently a contract photographer with Muhammad Ali Enterprises in Manhattan with photo representation by YellowKorner Galleries worldwide. He and his wife Joanna live in Sunriver, Oregon, and Mendham, New Jersey, and have five children on both coasts.
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