Cut time : an education at the fights / Carlo Rotella.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rotella, Carlo, 1964-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rotella, Carlo, 1964-.

Rotella, Carlo.

Boxing.

Physical Description:

222 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2003.

Summary:

Carlo Rotella, an award-winning writer and ringside veteran, unearths the hidden wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom dustup to HBO extravaganza. He vividly describes the tough choices and subtle pleasures that come the way of every fighter, from perennial underdogs to Larry Holmes, the all-time great who still spars to retching exhaustion at the age of fifty. Tracing the consequences of hurt and craft, the two central facts of boxing, Rotella achieves moving resonances between the worlds inside and outside the ropes. The brief, disastrous fistic career of a college student pinpoints the moment when adulthood arrives. The hard-won insight of a fellow fan shows Rotella how to reckon with a car crash. The persistence of a wizened ex-champion gives him the key to understanding and honoring his grandmother. Throughout, he tackles fascinating questions that have gone largely unexplored until now: What lessons do boxers and other fight people take away from their brutally punishing sport? And why do they come back for more, again and again? As Rotella traces his immersion in the fight world, he achieves what few other writers have: he makes it relevant to us, whether we're fans or not.

Contents:

Introduction: At Ringside 1

1 Halfway 17

2 Cut Time 31

3 Mismatches 53

4 An Appetite for Hitting 83

5 Out of Order 111

6 The Switch 135

7 The Distance 163

8 Bidness 185

9 Hurt 205.

ISBN:

0618145338

OCLC:

51171707

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