Boxing In The Shadows

Author : Thomas Donelson
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2007-02-16
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0595871496

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Boxing in the Shadows by Thomas Donelson Pdf

"Boxing In The Shadows" is the story of many great Black fighters throughout the past century and puts their accomplishments within the context of the era that they fought in. This book is the seventh book that Mr. Donelson has written or co-written. Mr. Donelson has written on a variety of subjects over the past three decades and been published in newspapers and publications, Mr. Donelson is a leading observer of the boxing scene as well as a member of the International Boxing Research Organization, the leading boxing historical society. About Mr. Donelson, Ringsports.com Rusty Rubin writes, "Tom Donelson is an outstanding scribe in describing the world of boxing. This is why I asked Mr. Donelson to co-authored our book, Billy Soose, "The Champion that Time Forgot.""

Author : George Plimpton
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780316392686

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Shadow Box by George Plimpton Pdf

George Plimpton makes his riskiest foray into participatory journalism -- stepping into the ring against a champion boxer -- in Shadow Box, repackaged and including never-before-seen content from the Plimpton archives. Stepping into the ring against light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore, George Plimpton pauses to wonder what ever induced him to become a participatory journalist. Bloodied but unbowed, he holds his own in the bout -- and lives to tell, in this timeless book on boxing and its devotees, among them Ali, Joe Frazier, Ernest Hemingway, and Norman Mailer. Shadow Box is one of Plimpton's most engaging studies of professional sport, told through the eyes of an inquisitive and astute amateur. From the gym, the locker room, ringside, and even in the harsh glare of the ring itself, Plimpton documents what it is like to be a boxer, an artist of mayhem.

Author : W. K. Stratton
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780292773516

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Boxing Shadows by W. K. Stratton Pdf

Reaching the top in any sport requires a long, hard climb. But when you start with the baggage of years of family dysfunction and incarceration in a hellish mental hospital, the climb is especially steep. Yet even with such weights to carry, Anissa Zamarron won not one, but two, world championships in women's boxing. Her story, as dramatically intense as the Clint Eastwood film Million Dollar Baby, is one of tremendous courage and determination to overcome the odds against her as a Latina and as a woman working through mental illness and addiction—a fight in which Zamarron has been as powerful and successful as she has been in the boxing ring. In this compelling biography, acclaimed author W. K. "Kip" Stratton collaborates with Zamarron to tell the story of her unlikely rise to the pinnacle of women's boxing. With searing honesty, Zamarron describes how the chaotic breakup of her childhood family caused her to develop "demons" that drove her to aggressive behavior in school, an addiction to self-destructive habits, including cutting, and eventually to a corrupt for-profit mental hospital in which she spent eighteen months tied to a bed. She explains how boxing became her salvation as an adult; she learned how to turn her anger and aggression into motivation to train hard and excel at her sport, not only becoming the first woman to fight as a professional in a sanctioned fight in New York, but also fighting more ten-round fights than any other woman in history. A gripping account of Zamarron's 2005 upset win over Maribel Zurita to claim her second world championship caps the book.

Author : Chris Lynch
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2013-03-05
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781442446885

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Shadow Boxer by Chris Lynch Pdf

Boxing is the family sport—but it’s killing the family in this riveting read from the author of Inexcusable, a National Book Award finalist. It’s been five years since his father died, and fourteen-year-old George is the man of the family. He knows all too well how brutal the life of a fighter can be. Didn’t it kill his father? But Monty, George’s younger brother, has a completely different attitude. Boxing comes naturally to him. It’s in his blood. He thinks of it as his father’s legacy. Unless George figures out a way to stop it, will boxing kill Monty, too?

Author : Glen Sharp
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-14
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781476672694

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Punching from the Shadows by Glen Sharp Pdf

Glen Sharp's boxing career was a rise-and-fall story without so much rise in it. A sparring partner for light-heavyweight Hall of Famer Yaqui Lopez, he "retired" with a record of one victory and two defeats. A decade later, having come to understand how and why he failed as a younger fighter, he attempted a comeback. Told with heart and wit, his memoir is a treatise on boxing as both profession and purpose. Sharp uses economic theory to describe the sweet science as a case study in resource management while recounting his own struggle to win fistic glory and his father's admiration.

Author : Donald McRae
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2020-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 147116313X

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In Sunshine Or in Shadow by Donald McRae Pdf

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 'One of the most captivating boxing writers on the planet' Barry McGuigan 'A superb tale...His inspirational story celebrates peace and reconciliation' Daily Telegraph Multi-award-winning author Donald McRae's stunning new book is a powerful tale of hope and redemption across the sectarian divide in Northern Ireland - thanks to boxing. At the height of the Troubles, Gerry Storey ran the Holy Family gym from the IRA's heartland territory of New Lodge in Belfast. Despite coming from a family steeped in the Republican movement, he insisted that it would be open to all. He ensured that his boxers were given a free pass by paramilitary forces on both Republican and Loyalist sides, so they could find a way out of the province's desperate situation. In the immediate aftermath of the 1981 Hunger Strikes, Storey would also visit the Maze prison twice a week to train the inmates from each community, separately. In itself, this would be a heroic story, but Storey went further than that: he became the trainer for world champion Barry McGuigan and Olympian Hugh Russell, who became one of the most famous photographers to document the Troubles. Even with all his success and the support of both sides, Storey still found himself subjected to three bomb attacks from those who were implacably hostile to any form of reconciliation. He also worked with the Protestant boxer Davy Larmour, who fought two bloody battles in the ring against Russell, his Catholic friend. At the same time, in Derry, the British and European lightweight champion Charlie Nash fought without bitterness after his brother was killed and his father was shot on Bloody Sunday - the most infamous day of the conflict. Now, Donald McRae reveals the extraordinary tale of those troubled times. After years of research and intimate interviews with the key characters in this story, he shows us how the violent business of boxing became a haven of peace and hope for these remarkable and compassionate men. In Sunshine or in Shadow is an inspirational story of triumph over adversity and celebrates the reconciliation that can take place when two fighters meet each other in the ring, rather than outside it. '[An] outstanding and important book, Don McRae's powerful storytelling shows the courage of the people of the North' Andy Lee

Author : Steven Heighton
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0618139338

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The Shadow Boxer by Steven Heighton Pdf

Poet-boxer Sevigne Torrins struggle to find his place in the world as he experiences a series of professional and sexual misadventures that take him from his youth on the shores of Lake Superior, to trendy Toronto, to Egypt.

Author : Theresa Runstedtler
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2013-09
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780520280113

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Jack Johnson, Rebel Sojourner by Theresa Runstedtler Pdf

Discusses the life and boxing career of Jack Johnson.

Author : Alpheus Geer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1922
Category : Boxing
ISBN : OCLC:29043002

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Shadow Boxing, how to Train [and] Advice on Living, Rules of the Ring by Alpheus Geer Pdf

Author : John Gattuso
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Boxers (Sports)
ISBN : 0965633829

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Shadow Boxers by John Gattuso Pdf

Boxing gyms are uncovered in all of their glorious grunge in these photographs and essays that reveal both the stark reality of success and the possibility of promise in the sport of boxing. This intimate look at the fighters, trainers, and hangers-on who inhabit these gyms brings to life the tough—and surprisingly tender—world of American boxing. Evocative images reveal the pain, sacrifice, and discipline of the "sweet science" as well as the triumphs, tragedies, and big dreams of the men and women who practice it. A dozen essays by veteran boxing writers such as Katherine Dunn, Carlo Rotella, Kate Sekules, F. X. Toole, Lucius Shepard, Robert Anasi, Loic Wacquant, Joe Rein, and Ralph Wiley explore the community and culture of boxing gyms, an endangered American institution that serves not only as the training ground for the next generation of great fighters, but as a sanctuary in tough neighborhoods, a lifeline for troubled kids, and a repository of a centuries-old tradition of pugilistic knowledge.

Author : Timothy Daly
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-12-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 2494702259

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Boxing shadows by Timothy Daly Pdf

Author : Eddie Muller
Publisher : Wheeler Publishing, Incorporated
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1587244187

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Shadow Boxer by Eddie Muller Pdf

Edgar, Anthony, and Macavity Award-nominee Author. Billy is back on the beat for the San Francisco Inquirer. But his problems are hardly behind him. A man's in jail, accused of murder. But did he do it? By aiding a beguiling woman, Billy stumbles on evidence that could exonerate the defendant, who only months before was one of the town's top fight promoters. One big problem - the victim was Billy's secret lover, and he has no desire to help set her killer free. Once his reporter's instincts kick in, Billy can't let go of a twisted trail that leads from the Tenderloin fight clubs to the Hall of Justice. Clues are unveiled, allegiances formed, friendships betrayed. Billy wonders if he's nothing more than a shadow boxer futilely sparring with phantoms. And if he discovers the truth about the murder and the shocking facts behind it, will he come forward - or bury the evidence?

Author : Donald McRae
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 624 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781471135385

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Dark Trade by Donald McRae Pdf

WINNER OF THE 1996 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE. In the early 1990s, Donald McRae set out to discover the truth about the intense and forbidding world of professional boxing. Travelling around the States and Britain, he was welcomed into the inner sanctums of some of the greatest fighters of the period - men such as Mike Tyson, Chris Eubank, Oscar de la Hoya, Frank Bruno, Evander Holyfield and Naseem Hamed among them. They opened up to him, revealing unforgettable personal stories from both inside and outside the ring, and explaining why it is that some are driven to compete in this most brutal of sports, risking their health and even their lives. The result is a classic account of boxing that remains as fresh and entertaining as when it was first published almost 20 years ago. McRae approaches his subjects with wit, compassion and insight, and the result was a book that was a deserved winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year prize.

Author : Geoffrey Beattie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Boxers (Sports)
ISBN : OCLC:1195022290

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The Shadows of Boxing by Geoffrey Beattie Pdf

Author : Geoffrey Beattie
Publisher : Orion Publishing Company
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2003-06-01
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0752849794

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The Shadows of Boxing by Geoffrey Beattie Pdf

Prince Naseem is the one of most charismatic boxers the sport has ever seen. From his early days at Brendan Ingle's gym in Wincobank, Sheffield, he fought his way to his first world title in 1995, and is now a household name. The Shadows of Boxing visits Prince Naseem's roots, chronicles the contrasting fortunes of the hard men of Ingle's gym, and looks at how the Hamed family have coped with the incredible pressures of fame. It also features the first major interview with Naz since his defeat at the hands of Marco Antonio Barrera.