Drama in the Bahamas

The story behind Ali's last bout. A few weeks short of his fortieth birthday, a diminished Ali stepped through the ropes one more time to get beaten up by Trevor Berbick. How had it come to this? Why was he still boxing? The author answers these questions and more, offering a glimpse into the last days of Ali's professional fighting life.

Dave Hannigan is columnist with the Irish Times (Dublin), the Evening Echo (Cork) and the Irish Echo (New York). He's a professor of history at Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, and resides in Setauket, New York. This is his ninth book.