How Neil Leifer Shot His Most Famous Boxing Photos

You've seen Neil Leifer photos, obviously, and probably heard him talk about his work some too. But Sports Illustrated, like the overhead of Ali-Williams that Leifer counts as his favorite, to go along with text and video of Leifer explaining his work.

SI is apparently going to make this a habit, highlighting the work of its best photogs over the years. This sounds awesome, obviously. Give the full piece a read—Leifer isn't so much a boxing wonk as a guy who's been around longer than hell, so he's got a bunch of stories like the time he went down to Ali's place to shoot him as he recovered from Ken Norton cracking his jaw, and ended up getting a shot of him slurping tapioca pudding for the cover.

[ Sports Illustrated]