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The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists / Bert Sugar and Teddy Atlas.
LIBRA Running Press Collection
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Sugar, Bert Randolph.
- Atlas, Teddy, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boxing--Miscellanea.
- Boxing.
- Genre:
- miscellanies.
- Trivia and miscellanea.
- Penn Provenance:
- Teacher, Stuart (donor) (Running Press copy)
- Physical Description:
- 236, [4] pages : illustrations, portraits ; 23 cm
- Distribution:
- London : Running Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Philadelphia, Pa. : Running Press, 2010.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Brian Kenny of ESPN
- Introductions
- Best Lines Defining the Sport of Boxing
- Best Boxing Nicknames
- My Top Ten All-Time Heavyweight Champions / Muhammad Ali
- Boxing's Most Colorful Characters
- Boxing's Dirtiest Fights / Don Stradley
- Best Body Punchers
- Best Physiques
- Greatest Boxing IQs
- My Ten Toughest Fights / Sugar Ray Leonard
- Five Reasons I Won the Rematch against Sugar Ray Leonard / Tommy Hearns
- Fighters with the Best Jabs
- Most Devastating Single-Punch Knockouts
- Boxing's Biggest Punchers
- The Ten Hardest Punches I Ever Threw / Earnie Shavers
- Best Chins
- The Hardest I Was Ever Hit / George Chuvalo
- Greatest Canadian Fighters / Lou Eisen
- Greatest Latino Boxers / Ruben Olivares and Gene Aguilera
- Greatest Southpaws
- Best Left Hooks
- Nicknames for Famous Punches
- Most Memorable Rounds in Boxing History (Round-by-Round)
- Greatest Olympic Boxers
- Greatest British Fighters / Gareth Davies
- Boxing's Top Technicians
- Best Pre-Fight Lines
- Greatest Rivalries
- Boxing's Best Brother Combinations / Steve Farhood
- Greatest Italian-American Fighters / George Randazzo
- Most Exciting Fighters
- Fastest Hands
- Best Footwork
- Most Awkward Fighters
- Boxing's Most controversial fights
- Greatest Fan Favorites
- Most Menacing Nicknames
- Most Intimidating Fighters
- Most Fragile Chins
- Fighters with the Most "Heart"
- Best Lines During Fights
- Boxing's Most Two-Sided Fights
- Most Famous Draws in Boxing Hisstory
- My Favorite Fighters to Draw / Bill Gallo.
- (Continued) Flattest Noses
- Take-Two-to-Give-One Fighters
- Most Famous Rockys
- Other Film Heroes I Wish I Would Have Inspired / Chuck Wepner
- Top Boxing Movies
- Boxing's Greatest Ring Generals
- Boxing's Most Overlooked "Bit" Players
- Boxing's Best Cornermen/Trainers / Angelo Dundee
- Greatest Playboys of the Boxing World
- Powderpuff Punchers
- History's Busiest Punchers
- CompuBox's Busiest Punchers / Bob Canobbio
- The Most Significant Fights in History
- Greatest Irish-American Fighters
- Greatest Jewish Boxers / Mike Silver
- Greatest Trilogies
- Biggest Boxing Stories of the Last 50 Years / Ed Schuyler, Jr.
- The Most Underappreciated Boxers in History
- My All-Time Favorite Fighters / Iran Barkley
- Boxing's Biggest Disappointments
- Greatest Defensive Fighters
- Greatest Fighting Families / Michael Rosenthal
- Boxing's Biggest Upsets
- Best Lines on Individual Aspects of Boxing
- Greatest Puero Rican Fighters of All Time / Mario Rivera Martino
- Greatest New York Daily News Golden Gloves Champions / Bill Farrell
- Boxing's Greatest Methuselahs
- Saddest Finales
- My Favorite Singers and Musical Groups / Ernie Terrell
- Best Boxing Songs
- Greatest Roles in Boxing Movies
- Championship Fights That Would Have Had a Different Result under the Current 12-Round Limit
- Greatest Cuban Fighters
- Most Disappointing Heavyweight Title Fights
- Greatest Heavyweight Championship Fights / Muhammad Ali
- Most Controversial Decisions / Harold Lederman
- Greatest Mexican Boxers
- Greatest "Killer Instinct"
- Best Post-Fight Lines
- Most Famous Disqualifications
- My Most Memorable Las Vegas Fights / Royce Peour
- Fighters More Remembered for Their Losses than Their Wins
- Greatest Career Comebacks
- Boxing's Greatest: Division-by-Division
- Boxing's Greatest All-Time Pound-For-Pound Fighters.
- Notes:
- "With contributions from: Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns, Earnie Shavers, Angelo Dundee and Many More!"--Cover.
- "Cover and Interior Design: Joshua McDonnell. Editor: Greg Jones"--Title page verso.
- Local Notes:
- Running Press Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2008 by Stuart "Buz" Teacher.
- Running Press copy is "2" printing.
- ISBN:
- 0762440139
- 9780762440139
- OCLC:
- 535492257
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