A dangerous journey : inside another year in boxing / Thomas Hauser.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hauser, Thomas, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxing--United States.

Boxing.

Boxers (Sports)--United States.

Boxers (Sports).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (327 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : University of Arkansas Press, 2019.

Summary:

Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser's newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. Reviewing his 2018 collection, Booklist proclaimed, "This is Hauser in a nutshell: compassion, character, and context. As always, an annual delight." A Dangerous Journey continues Hauser's tradition of excellence, turning his award-winning investigative reporting skills on the scandal surrounding the use of illegal performance enhancing drugs and the failures of corrupt and incompetent state athletic commissions. Hauser also takes readers into Canelo Alvarez's dressing room in the hours before and after his rematch against Gennady Golovkin, the biggest fight of the year, and offers in-depth portraits of boxing's biggest stars-past and present-as well as reflections on fight-related curiosities ranging from Ronda Rousey to David and Goliath.Thirty-five years ago, Hauser began writing about boxing with his superb The Black Lights, which has long been regarded as a boxing classic. He only gets better.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Fighters and Fights

The Validation of Canelo Alvarez

Katie Taylor Can Fight

Deontay Wilder Walks Through Fire to Win

Evander Holyfield: Fight Night is Different Now

Unbeaten: Rocky Marciano

A Night at Barclays Center

Vasyl Lomachenko and the Lure of History

Manny Pacquiao vs. Lucas Matthysse

Regis Prograis and the World Boxing Super Series

Jacobs-Derevyanchenko and the Operating Room

Fight Notes

Curtis Harper Goes Viral

Jermell and Jermall Charlo on Fox

Deontay Wilder vs. Tyson Fury in Perspective

Saul "Canelo" Alvarez Comes to Madison Square Garden

Curiosities

Albert Einstein: Scientist, Humanist, Icon

The Ring Walk

Dave Wolf at 75

Club Fights on Ice

The Contender: 2018

Arne Lang: Ring Announcer

The Mouthpiece and Boxing

Fistic Nuggets

Ernest Hemingway, Boxing, and "Fifty Grand

David vs. Goliath

Ronda Rousey Rewrites the Script

Other Sports

The Sporting News Tradition

A Conversation with Bear Bryant

Dave Zirin, Jim Brown, and Muhammad Ali

What Would Arnold Palmer Think of Donald Trump Today?

A Boy Learns to Love Books

Issues and Answers

The New Order and the Future of Boxing

Wilder-Ortiz and the PED Shadow

Jack Johnson's Pardon

Irregularities Mar New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Election

A Plea for Spence-Crawford Now

Two Minutes or Three for Women?

An Hour in the Life of Oscar De La Hoya

Reflections from the Flight Deck of The USS Intrepid

Comparing Today's Fighters with the Past

Fistic Notes

The Heavyweight Triangle: Anthony Joshua is Still The Man

Literary Notes

CompuBox and Muhammad Ali

1,501 Tests, One Reported Positive: What's Going On with USADA and Boxing?

USADA, VADA, and the State Athletic Commissions.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781682261071

9781610756761

1610756762

OCLC:

1091237296