Picture Perfect: ‘I was shaking like a leaf with a mixture of nervousness, excitement’

In a new weekly series we ask Irish sports photographers to pick their favourite images.
Picture Perfect: ‘I was shaking like a leaf with a mixture of nervousness, excitement’
21 June 2003; Former South African President Nelson Mandela lands a “straight left” to the chin of former World Champion Muhammad Ali as South African Special Olympics Athlete Rofhiwa looks on at the Global Youth Summit, hosted by Timothy Shriver, President Special Olympics, in the Four Seasons Hotel, Ballsbridge, Dublin, Ireland. Picture credit: Ray McManus

In a new weekly series we ask Irish sports photographers to pick their favourite images.

This week, Sportsfile's Ray McManus tells Colm O'Connor about the electricity in the room when Mandela met Ali.

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