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The Little Book of Boxing - Hardcover

Kent, Graeme

 
9780752452531: The Little Book of Boxing

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Boxing has a long and eventful history and its drama, excitement and humor are covered in this fascinating account of the nobleand sometimes ignobleart all over the world. It covers the bare-knuckle days when the Duke of Cumberland callously abandoned his protégé Jack Broughton when the latter could no longer fight on because he was blind as well as the famous fight in 1964, when the charismatic Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston with a "phantom punch" that no one in the audience saw thrown. It also highlights the advent in the 21st century of the dreaded "Beast from the East," the 7-foot-tall Russian Nikolai Valuev who powered his inexorable way to the world heavyweight title. This book presents a vivid picture of the sport rightly referred to as the hardest game

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Graeme Kent is the author of more than 120 books, including Boxing's Strangest Fights,Olympic Follies, and The Great White Hopes, which was short-listed for the 2005 William Hill Sports Book of the Year award.

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