A Sunday Times Book of the Year
'Rahaman has, at last, written the definitive biography on his late brother, which tells the real Ali story' - Mike Tyson
'The real life of the Great One' - George Foreman
More words have been written about Muhammad Ali than almost anyone else. He was, without doubt, the world's 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 best - his 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 constant fixture in his sibling's 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, he is able to offer a surprising insider's perspective on the well-known stories, as well as never-before-told tales, painting a rich 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 the great man - that of two brothers, almost inseparable from birth to death. It is the final and most important perspective on one of the most iconic figures of the last century. No one was closer to Muhammad Ali than Rahaman, his only sibling and best friend. The brothers 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. Rahaman became Ali's best sparring partner and closest part of his inner circle. Rahaman retired from competing as a heavyweight himself in 1972, with a record of fourteen wins, three losses and one draw. From Muhammad Ali's brother comes the most intimate biography ever written on the legendary sportsman. The closest thing we have to an autobiography since Ali wrote his over forty years ago, in 1976 - from the man who was there for it all. The book features unseen photographs and new anecdotes of and about the great man himself. The book has been publicly endorsed by Evander Holyfield, Mike Tyson and George Foreman, as well as bodybuilding legend Dorian Yates, and praised widely across the sports press for its new and unique portrayal of the world's most idolised sporting hero.
