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+{{byline|last=Fried|first=Ronald K.|abstract=Boxing was important to {{NM}} because, during his lifetime, boxing was important to America. From the twenties through the seventies, boxing was arguably as popular as professional football is today. But boxing occupied a more central place in the national psyche: it raised racial and political issues thanks to such irresistibly complex figures as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Floyd Paterson, and Sony Liston. And Mailer, as boxing journalist, was always at his best when taking on historical forces.|url=https://prmlr.us/mr13frie}}
-{{abstract|Boxing was important to {{NM}} because, during his lifetime, boxing was important to America. Fromthe twenties through the seventies, boxing was arguably as popular as professional football is today. But boxing occupied a more central place in the national psyche: it raised racial and political issues thanks to such irresistibly complex figures as Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Floyd Paterson, and Sony Liston.AndMailer, as boxing journalist, was always at his best when taking on historical forces.}}
 I often say that Norman Mailer gave me license to write two books about boxing, but I’ve forgiven him.