It`s hard to find a more charismatic, conflicted, or charming figure in the history of sports than Muhammad Ali. This biography bobs and weaves through the glorious victories and painful losses in Ali`s life, from the police officer who told him, at age 12, to take boxing lessons if he wanted to capture the thief who stole his bicycle, to his triumphant return to the world stage as a torch bearer at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. With oil paintings.