Once upon a time there was a prizefighter named Cassius Clay who changed his faith and his name, to Muhammad Ali.

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Maraniss wins a gold medal for his portraits of American stars Wilma Rudolph, Rafer Johnson and Cassius Clay, as well as of the barefoot Ethiopian gold medal marathoner Abebe Bikila.

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It was only with the rise of a young fighter from Louisville named Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.

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