12 Quotes by David Margolick

They spent 40 minutes together in the ring, but history tied these two men together.

The fight implicated both the future of race relations and the prestige of two powerful nations. ... 'Louis represents democracy in its purest form: the Negro boy who would be permitted to become a world champion without regard to race, creed or color,' a sportswriter from Boston had written that morning. 'Schmeling represents a country which does not recognize that idea or ideal.'?

The fight had every element I cared about. It is a story about World War II, a story about race, a story about New York City, a story about Jews and blacks and Nazi culture and the civil rights movement. I was absolutely amazed no one had done a book on it.