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The night the referee hit back : memorable moments from the world of boxing / Mike Silver.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Silver, Mike, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Boxers (Sports).
- Boxing--History.
- Boxing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxii, 249 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing (US), 2026.
- Place of Publication:
- Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2020.
- System Details:
- text file rdaft
- Summary:
- This book is a collection of twenty-eight of the best articles on boxing by renowned boxing historian Mike Silver, looking back at some of the sport's most iconic moments. The essays are a colorful mix of hard-hitting exposes and light-hearted stories featuring legendary boxers Sugar Ray Robinson, Rocky Marciano, Muhammad Ali, and more.
- Contents:
- Intro
- CONTENTS
- FOREWORD
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- Part I THE WAY IT WAS
- 1 BOXING IN OLDE NEW YORK: UNFORGETTABLE STILLMAN'S GYM
- 2 THE NIGHT THE REFEREE HIT BACK
- 3 ALI VS. SHAVERS: THE MORNING AFTER
- 4 NO HEART-SHAPED BOXES ON THIS VALENTINE'S DAY
- 5 WHERE WERE YOU ON MARCH 8, 1971?
- 6 BENNY VALGAR: FORGOTTEN BOXING MASTER
- 7 BOXERS 2, STRONGMEN 0
- 8 THE PRESIDENT BOXER
- 9 THE OTHER BILLY GRAHAM
- Part II THE WAY I SEE IT
- 10 DON'T BLAME RUBY: A BOXING TRAGEDY REVISITED
- 11 THE MYTH OF "THE THRILLA IN MANILA"
- 12 GET IN LINE PACQUIAO-MARQUEZ IV: BOXING'S TOP TEN ONE-PUNCH KOs
- 13 FOUL PLAY IN PHILLY
- 14 FIGHTS OF THE CENTURY: THEN . . . AND NOW
- 15 IS FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. AN ALL-TIME GREAT BOXER? THE EXPERTS WEIGH IN
- 16 BOXING'S TEN GREATEST QUOTES
- 17 DEMPSEY'S ARM AND THE STATE OF MODERN BOXING
- 18 A WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL AMATEURS
- Part III INTERVIEWS
- 19 ARCHIE MOORE
- 20 EMILE GRIFFITH
- 21 CARLOS ORTIZ
- 22 TED LOWRY
- 23 CURTIS COKES
- Part IV BONUS ROUNDS
- 24 "I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDER": ROGER DONOGHUE, THE MAN WHO TAUGHT BRANDO HOW TO BOX
- 25 THE BROOKLYN KID VS. THE MARSUPIAL MAULER
- 26 SO YOU WANNA BE A BOXER?
- 27 TEDDY'S MASTER CLASS
- 28 BOXING'S FIVE-DECADE MEN
- NOTES
- SOURCES
- INDEX
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-82-16-45849-4
- 979-82-16-24665-7
- 1-5381-3691-0
- OCLC:
- 1137180030
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