Neil Leifer. Boxing. 60 Years of Fights and Fighters

Native New Yorker Neil Leifer began photographing sports events as a teenager. Over 160 of his pictures have appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated and over 40 of his photographs have graced the cover of Time . He has published 17 books, and was one of two principal photographers in TASCHEN’s tribute to Muhammad Ali , GOAT—Greatest Of All Time , and the illustrated edition of Norman Mailer’s The Fight .

Sports authority Gabriel Schechter , is the author of five books, most recently This Bad Day in Yankees History .

Gay Talese joined the staff of The New York Times in 1955 and remained there for a decade. During the 1960s and 1970s he contributed many articles to magazines, principally Esquire . Talese is the best-selling author of eleven books including Thy Neighbor’s Wife , Honor Thy Father , and A Writer’s Life . He lives in New York City.