Neil Leifer. Homage to Ali. ‘Ali vs. Liston II, 1965’

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 .