Thomas Hauser on Boxing : Another Year Inside the Sweet Science / Thomas Hauser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hauser, Thomas.

Language:

English

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (372 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville, Arkansas : University of Arkansas Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<div>Thomas Hauser is the author of forty-five books. His first work, <i>Missing</i>, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. He later authored <i>Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times</i>, the definitive biography of the most famous fighter ever. In 2004, The Boxing Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism.</div>

Contents:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Author's Note; Fighters and Fights; Don King in the Twilight; Seanie Monaghan Loves to Fight; A Note on Gennady Golovkin vs. Gabriel Rosado; Donaire-Rigondeaux and What's Expected of a Professional Fighter; Reflections on Tyson Fury vs. Steve Cunningham; Zab Judah Comes Up Short Again; Paulie Malignaggi: Three Days After; The Event: A Look Back at Mayweather-Alvarez; Daniel in the Lions' Den; Why Bradley-Marquez Matters; Tim Bradley: R-E-S-P-E-C-T; Is GGG P4P?; Malignaggi-Judah and the Subway Ride Home

A Note on Adrien Broner vs. Marcos MaidanaNon-Combatants; Michael Buffer: "Let's Get Ready to Rumble"; Marc Payton: The Director; Curiosities; Frank Sinatra and His Music; The Sinatras and Boxing; Don Elbaum and the Great American Heavyweight Box-Off; David Diamante Makes Pizza; Fistic Nuggets; Issues and Answers; Muhammad Ali: A Classic Hero; Billy Smith and the Case against Boxing; Edwin Rodriguez, PEDs, and Al Haymon; Don't Blame the Heavyweight Mess on the Klitschkos; Mayweather and Pacquiao against the Greats; Common Sense and Scoring a Fight; Fistic Notes; Riddick Bowe's Plight

PEDs: When the Lawsuits ComeLeon and Michael Spinks: Boxing's Improbable Heavyweight Champions; Mike Tyson: Undisputed Truth; Hate and Sochi; In Memoriam; Magomed Abdusalamov and the Dark Side of Boxing

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781610755474

1610755472

OCLC:

899007123