There Will Always Be Boxing

There Will Always Be Boxing

Author: Thomas Hauser

Publisher: University of Arkansas Press

Published: 2017-11-01

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 1610756215

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In 2016, Booklist observed, “Thomas Hauser is a treasure. Whatever he writes is worth reading. Boxing is blessed that he has focused so much of his career on the sweet science.” There Will Always Be Boxing continues this tradition of excellence. A poignant look at Muhammad Ali—whose life was celebrated throughout the world following his death on June 3, 2016—highlights this collection of Hauser’s work. The year’s biggest fights are, as always, put in perspective. And once again, Hauser takes readers behind the scenes, giving them a seat at the table with boxing’s biggest power brokers as he reveals the inner workings of the sport and business of boxing. There Will Always Be Boxing is sure not to disappoint the readers, writers, and critics who look forward to Hauser’s annual collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. This collection shows, once again, why Hauser is one of the last real champions of boxing and one of the very best who has ever written about the sport.


Blows to the Head

Blows to the Head

Author: Binnie Klein

Publisher: State University of New York Press

Published: 2010-03-30

Total Pages: 208

ISBN-13: 1438430035

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A provocative tale of an unlikely contender and her midlife transformation through boxing.


On Boxing

On Boxing

Author: Joyce Carol Oates

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2009-10-13

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 0061846872

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A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.


Fat City

Fat City

Author: Leonard Gardner

Publisher: New York Review of Books

Published: 2015-09-08

Total Pages: 201

ISBN-13: 1590178939

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Fat City is a vivid novel of allegiance and defeat, of the potent promise of the good life and the desperation and drink that waylay those whom it eludes. Stockton, California is the setting: the Lido Gym, the Hotel Coma, Main Street lunchrooms and dingy bars, days like long twilights in houses obscured by untrimmed shrubs and black walnut trees. When two men meet in the ring -- the retired boxer Billy Tully and the newcomer Ernie Munger - their brief bout sets into motion their hidden fates, initiating young Ernie into the company of men and luring Tully back into training. In a dispassionate and composed voice, Gardner narrates their swings of fortune, and the plodding optimism of their manager Ruben Luna, as he watches the most promising boys one by one succumb to some undefined weakness; still, "There was always someone who wanted to fight."


The Arc of Boxing

The Arc of Boxing

Author: Mike Silver

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2012-09-21

Total Pages: 491

ISBN-13: 1476602182

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Are today's boxers better than their predecessors, or is modern boxing a shadow of its former self? Boxing historians discuss the socioeconomic and demographic changes that have affected the quality, prominence and popularity of the sport over the past century. Among the interviewees are world-renowned scholars, some of the sport's premier trainers, and former amateur and professional world champions. Chapters cover such topics as the ongoing deterioration of boxers' skills, their endurance, the decline in the number of fights and the psychological readiness of championship-caliber boxers. The strengths and weaknesses of today's superstars are analyzed and compared to those of such past greats as Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Dempsey and Jake LaMotta.


Boxing

Boxing

Author: Friedrich Unterharnscheidt

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2003-04-22

Total Pages: 817

ISBN-13: 0080528252

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This book neither argues for or against the continuation of boxing, but lays out the literature and the body of scientific knowledge that are necessary to provide a meaningful background for the ensuing debate. It provides a comprehensive resource for those who are involved in regulating boxing and those who participate directly, as well as for the medical and scientific communities. Includes carefully quoted case histories and research as well as an extensive body of medical literature on boxing injuries to demonstrate that brain damage is a natural consequence of boxing.* Presents in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of "punch drunkness"* Includes detailed case histories of the clinical and pathomorphological findings uncovered by current medical research* Extensively reviews medical literature


Professional Boxing

Professional Boxing

Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Antitrust and Monopoly

Publisher:

Published: 1960

Total Pages: 1892

ISBN-13:

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Considers organized crime's alleged attempts to "fix" championship middleweight fights.