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It was more than the long-awaited showdown between two superb athletes in their prime, more than the ultimate test of speed and artistry versus power and endurance. It was more than a boxing match, much more. The first meeting between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, transcended the world of sports to become a major international media spectacle with tremendous social and political overtones. Sportswriter Michael...
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The story behind the major motion picture The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, Irish Thunder is about a boxer from a boxing family and a boxing town, but it is not a boxing book. It is about the human spirit, blind loyalty, self-preservation and self-destruction. Micky's dramatic victories inside the ring are recounted in detail, but it is his victory outside the ring that will leave the reader inspired.
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Fifteen previously unpublished boxing pieces written between 1952 and 1963.
Demonstrating A.J. Liebling's abiding passion for the "sweet science" of boxing, A Neutral Corner brings together fifteen previously unpublished pieces written between 1952 and 1963. Antic, clear-eyed, and wildly entertaining, these essays showcase a The New Yorker journalist at the top of his form. Here one relives the high drama of the classic Patterson-Johansson championship...
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Easily the most enduring of all sports questions is "Who was/is the best... ?" Perhaps in no sport is the question more asked and argued over than in boxing. And in boxing perhaps none is more qualified to answer the question than Bert Randolph Sugar.
In Boxing's Greatest Fighters, not only does the former publisher of Ring Magazine tell us who the best fighters were, he lists them in order.
Could Sugar Ray Robinson have beaten Muhammad Ali? Could...
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The mental challenges of amateur boxing, the fears and anxieties evoked, are similar to what we all face in life. How amateur boxers are taught to face these mental challenges has been honed over the thousands of years that boxing has been a sport. In Amateur Boxing: Mental Stress & Strength, a writer who is both a practicing psychiatrist and an experienced amateur boxer, examines how boxers meet these mental challenges. Drawing on the latest neuroscience...
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The co-founder of the International Boxing Federation, Robert W. Lee, finally breaks his silence on being, blackballed from boxing after refusing to testify against controversial boxing promoter Don King. Lee takes you on a journey through his highs and lows. From being the first African American police officer in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and President of the IBF to being an inmate at a correctional facility and suffering from an illness that has...
12) B Is for Boxing
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HERE IS A KNOCKOUT BOOK TO GET YOUR KID STARTED AS A WORLD CHAMPION READER! WORLD CLASS FIGHTER SALITA RELEASES CHILDREN'S BOOK Promoter, fighter...and now Dmitriy Salita can add "author" to his resume. "B Is For Boxing," an illustrated children's book which will help kids learn their A-B-Cs, is now in better bookstores everywhere. Authored by ex world title challenger Dmitriy Salita, along with Hall of Fame publicist Bill Caplan and Michael Salita,...
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Spanning the period between 1967 and 2005, this compilation includes 84 of Pulitzer Prizewinning author Ira Berkows columns on boxing. Readers will meet some of the greatest names in the sports history in the pages of this book, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, and Mike Tyson. Among the unforgettable stories gathered in this collection are the heated rivalry between Ali and Smokin Joe Frazier, Tysons infamous Bite Fight in 1997, and...
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Originally published in 1915, this is a memoir of Eugene Corri's career as a boxing referee. He refereed all the top fights of the day and speaks at length of both the fights themselves and the boxers who fought them, all of whom he knew well. Well-illustrated with black and white photographs, this is a fascinating glimpse into a vanished era. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce...
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Known as the "guru" of boxing, Bert Randolph Sugar is one of the most charismatic writers ever to capture the drama of the fight on paper. With a passion for the sport that is rivaled only by his talent for writing about it, Bert Sugar is also regarded as the "unofficial historian" of boxing. With his trademark fedora and always-handy cigar, Sugar is a guaranteed ringside presence. His colorful personality and flamboyant mannerisms are unforgettable...
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There is only one winner in boxing. Fighting against your opponent and fighting against your own inner demons become one in the same. Those who survive both in and out of the ring are beloved worldwide. Those who do not spiral downward into drugs, prison, and even murder. "[My] life's been pretty tragic," remarks Johnny. "But in the ring, it's been a blessing." Mi Vida Loca is not just a nickname for Johnny, but a legendary tale of a life lived over...
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That boxing has always attracted colourful, larger-than-life figures is amply borne out by the bizarre collection of true stories gathered together in this fascinating book. Bringing together the rich history and folklore of the fight game, Graeme Kent, who first became interested in boxing after listening to the tales of his sporting grandmother, has amassed over a hundred events in over 250 years of the sport. These intriguing stories include that...
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Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns all formed the pantheon of boxing greats during the late 1970s and early 1980s-before the pay-per-view model, when prize fights were telecast on network television and still captured the nation's attention. Championship bouts during this era were replete with revenge and fury, often pitting one of these storied fighters against another. From training camps to locker...
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