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The Good Son
Free Press 2012; Not AvailableFRANK SINATRA FAWNED OVER HIM. WARREN ZEVON WROTE A TRIBUTE SONG. Sylvester Stallone produced his life story as a movie of the week. In the 1980s, Ray ?Boom Boom? Mancini wasn?t merely the lightweight champ. An adoring public considered him a national hero, the real Rocky. From the mobbed-up steel city of Youngstown, Ohio, Mancini was cast as... more...
The Big Fight
Random House 2012; US$ 13.35Twenty-four hours after arriving in Dublin, Muhammad Ali rang his publicist Harold Conrad. "Hey, Hal?" said Ali, "where are all the niggers in this country?" "Ali," replied Conrad, "there aren't any." On July 19, 1972, it took Muhammad Ali 11 rounds to defeat Al 'Blue' Lewis at Croke Park, Dublin. A mere footnote in the larger Ali story, this fight... more...
Making Haye
Quercus 2011; US$ 15.18David "The Hayemaker" Haye is the former WBA world heavyweight champion and the former undisputed (WBA, WBC and WBO) world cruiserweight champion. Haye is one of British boxing's most celebrated and successful ring champions of the modern era and has won twenty-three of twenty-five professional fights. He has twice been shortlisted for BBC Sports Personality... more...
My View from the Corner
McGraw-Hill Companies,Inc. 2009; US$ 21.00Boxing's greatest trainer reveals all. "The book is written in a highly conversational tone, and by the end the reader will know precisely what it is like to listen to the Bill Walsh of boxing hold court on the exotic art of the cornerman.". --New York Times Book Review. "[H]ere's one for the fans: an as-close-up-as-you-can-get... more...
Bareknuckle
Overlook 2011; US$ 9.99Born into a community of Irish travelers, Bartley Gorman is known as one of the greatest bare-knuckle fighters of all time. Through Gorman¹s memoirs the reader gets a front row view of the punches exchanged in back parking lots and fair grounds, the gritty characters populating the fight circles, and the hazards facing a sought after champion. more...
The Boxer's Heart
Overlook 2012; US$ 9.99One woman moves to New York and falls in love . . . with a violent sport. Published to coincide with the first Olympic event for women's boxing, The Boxer's Heart is a brilliantly candid memoir of the world of women's boxing, now updated and with a new afterword. Written in raw and vivid style, it tells the story of how a young every-woman moves... more...
The Mammoth Book of Muhammad Ali
Constable & Robinson 2012; US$ 11.65From his gold medal at the 1960 Olympic Games to his defeat of Sonny Liston to claim the world heavyweight championship in 1964, the unforgettable 'Thrilla in Manila' against Joe Frazier and the 'Rumble in the Jungle' against George Foreman, 'The Greatest of All Time', Muhammad Ali, has captured the attention of the world. His conversion to Islam,... more...
Two Ton
Steerforth Press 2012; US$ 13.95Beetle-browed, nearly bald, a head that rode his collarbones like a bowling ball returning on rails, his waist size more than half his five-foot-eight height, Two Ton Tony Galento appeared nearly square, his legs two broomsticks jammed into a vertical hay bale. By all measures he stood no chance when he stepped into the ring against the Brown Bomber,... more...
Atlas
HarperCollins 2009; Not Available"Of all the people who have affected by my life and influence the choices I've made, none has been more important than my father." So begins the autobiography of legendary boxing trainer and commentator Teddy Atlas, who grew from the rebellious son of a doctor to a man who embraces, and lives by, his father's values and code. In this gritty, spellbinding... more...
Un sueno americano
HarperCollins 2012; US$ 10.99Oscar De La Hoya, uno de los luchadores mÁs celebrados en la historia del boxeo, nos brinda su historia franca y conmovedora sobre cÓmo logrÓ el SueÑo Americano: su ascenso al Éxito, el poder de una Ética de trabajo sÓlida, la dolorosa pÉrdida de su madre al cÁncer, las trampas del estrellato, asÍ como una perspectiva muy personal de lo que significa... more...









