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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Mike Silver |
ISBN: | 9780786438495 0786438495 |
OCLC Number: | 213775635 |
Description: | ix, 229 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm |
Contents: | Origins -- The golden age -- The incredible shrinking sport -- Paying their dues -- Cooking the books : boxing's nutty knockout numbers -- Where have you gone Charlie Goldman? -- Boxing's missing links -- The good, the bad, and the inconsistent -- Fistic forensics : two fights analyzed -- Too much amateur -- The dominance factor, part one: Roy Jones, Jr. and Bernard Hopkins -- The dominance factor, part two: Roberto Duran, Pernell Whitaker, Floyd Mayweather, Jr -- The bigger they are--the harder they fall -- Boxing's snake oil salesmen -- Boxing's death by alphabet -- Epilogue. |
Responsibility: | Mike Silver ; with a foreword by Budd Schulberg. |
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Abstract:
Discusses the socioeconomic and demographic changes that have affected the quality, prominence and popularity of boxing over the 20th century. This book covers topics such as the deterioration of boxers' skills, their endurance, the decline in the number of fights and the psychological readiness of championship-caliber boxers.
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