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Boxings Hall Of Shame Thomas Myler

Boxings Hall Of Shame By Thomas Myler

Boxings Hall Of Shame by Thomas Myler


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Tells the inside stories of the real fight game. This book reveals the sport's heroes and villains, mobsters and fixers, its shame and sorrows, while along the way providing the reader with a ringside seat at the sport's greatest and most controversial contests.

Boxings Hall Of Shame Summary

Boxings Hall Of Shame by Thomas Myler

In "Boxing's Hall of Shame", Thomas Myler tells the inside stories of the real fight game. He reveals the sport's heroes and villains, mobsters and fixers, its shame and sorrows, while along the way providing the reader with a ringside seat at the sport's greatest and most controversial contests. This no-holds-barred volume includes the enraged Mike Tyson taking a chunk out of Evander Holyfield's ear; Roberto Duran's baffling retirement against Sugar Ray Leonard; the Riddick Bowe-Andrew Golota fiasco that ended in an ugly full-scale riot, unprecedented in the long history of fights at Madison Square Garden; Sonny Liston - whose mobster background was not unknown to boxing authorities - going down under Muhammad Ali's phantom punch; and Jake LaMotta's botched dive against Billy Fox, which turned the 'Raging Bull' into boxing's bad boy overnight. "Boxing's Hall of Shame" sensationally revisits the tragedies of punch-drunk fighters allowed to prolong their careers past their sell-by dates, the boxing scandals, the fixed fights and the powerful influence of the underworld, taking the reader behind the scenes of the glove sport to reveal the shady underbelly of boxing through the ages.

Boxings Hall Of Shame Reviews

"An irresistible read" Irish Independent "The tales leave a feeling of unearthing a whole new side to the fight game" Scotland on Sunday

About Thomas Myler

Thomas Myler is the boxing writer for the Irish Independent and the Irish correspondent for Boxing News. He has written extensively on world boxing and is considered one of Ireland's leading historians on the sport.

Additional information

GOR001239630
9781845960810
1845960815
Boxings Hall Of Shame by Thomas Myler
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Transworld Publishers Ltd
2006-05-04
272
N/A
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This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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