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Hard Luck: The Triumph And Tragedy Of "Irish" Jerry Quarry - Hardcover

Springer, Steve; Chavez, Blake

 
9781599219967: Hard Luck: The Triumph And Tragedy Of "Irish" Jerry Quarry
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1599219964 ISBN 13: 9781599219967
Verlag: Lyons Press, 2011

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The story of boxing legend Jerry Quarry has it all: rags to riches, thrilling fights against the giants of the Golden Age of Heavyweights (Ali—twice, Frazier—twice, Patterson, Norton), a racially and politically electric sports era, the thrills and excesses of fame, celebrities, love, hate, joy, and pain. And tragedy.
Like the man he fought during two highly controversial fight cards in 1970 and '72—Muhammad Ali—boxing great Jerry Quarry was to suffer gravely. He died at age fifty-three, mind and body ravaged by Dementia Pugilistica.

In Hard Luck, “Irish” Jerry Quarry comes to life—from his Grapes of Wrath days as the child of an abusive father in the California migrant camps to those as the undersized heavyweight slaying giants on his way to multiple title bouts and the honor of being the World's Most Popular Fighter in '68, '69, '70, and '71. The story of Jerry Quarry is one of the richest in the annals of boxing, and through painstaking research and exclusive access to the Quarry family and its archives, Steve Springer and Blake Chavez have captured it all.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steve Springer is the author of six books, including the New York Times bestseller American Son: The Oscar De La Hoya Story. Formerly a journalist for the Los Angeles Times, he is currently a colunnist for ESPN Los Angeles.

Blake Chavez is a professional writer who enjoyed a successful career as an amateur boxing trainer for more than a decade.

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The story of boxing legend Jerry Quarry has it all: rags to riches, thrilling fights against the giants of the Golden Age of Heavyweights (Ali—twice, Frazier—twice, Patterson—twice, and Norton), a racially and politically electric sports era, the thrills and excesses of fame, celebrities, love, hate, joy, and pain. And tragedy.
 
Like Muhammad Ali, the man he fought during two highly controversial fight cards in 1970 and ’72, boxing great Jerry Quarry was to suffer gravely. He died at age fifty-three, mind and body ravaged by dementia pugilistica.
 
In Hard Luck, “Irish” Jerry Quarry comes to life—from his Grapes of Wrath days as the child of an abusive father in the California migrant camps to those as the undersized heavyweight slaying giants on his way to multiple title bouts and the honor of being Boxing Illustrated’s World’s Most Popular Fighter in ’68, ’69, ’70, and ’71.
 
The story of Jerry Quarry is one of the richest in the annals of boxing, and through painstaking research and exclusive access to the Quarry family and its archives, Steve Springer and Blake Chavez have captured it all.

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The story of boxing legend Jerry Quarry has it all: rags to riches, thrilling fights against the giants of the Golden Age of Heavyweights (Ali--twice, Frazier--twice, Patterson--twice, and Norton), a racially and politically electric sports era, the thrills and excesses of fame, celebrities, love, hate, joy, and pain. And tragedy. Like Muhammad Ali, the man he fought during two highly controversial fight cards in 1970 and '72, boxing great Jerry Quarry was to suffer gravely. He died at age fifty-three, mind and body ravaged by dementia pugilistica. In Hard Luck, "Irish" Jerry Quarry comes to life--from his Grapes of Wrath days as the child of an abusive father in the California migrant camps to those as the undersized heavyweight slaying giants on his way to multiple title bouts and the honor of being Boxing Illustrated's World's Most Popular Fighter in '68, '69, '70, and '71. The story of Jerry Quarry is one of the richest in the annals of boxing, and through painstaking research and exclusive access to the Quarry family and its archives, Steve Springer and Blake Chavez have captured it all.

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Jerry Quarry was the best heavyweight fighter never to have won a championship belt. When
I became Heavyweight Champion of the World, I dodged him purposely. . . . He fought toe to toe with Heavyweight Champion Joe Frazier, twice. He fought Heavyweight Champion Muhammad Ali twice. He out-boxed two-time Heavyweight Champion Floyd Patterson. He outpunched Earnie Shavers. He destroyed Mac Foster and schooled Ron Lyle.
—from the Foreword by George Forema

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Verlag
Lyons Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2011
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1599219964
ISBN 13 
9781599219967
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
320
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