Found insideOnce There Were Giants is his memorial to this extraordinary time, the likes of which we shall never see again. Found insideIngemar Johansson's right hand--dubbed "The Hammer of Thor"--was the most fearsome in boxing, and Johansson's three fights with Floyd Patterson rank among the sport's classic rivalries. Found inside – Page 51DEAR SENATOR , Last Saturday evening my wife Lonnie and I watched the heavyweight championship boxing match between Evander Holyfield and Lennox Lewis . Found inside – Page 16Consider first Lennox Lewis, a famous heavyweight boxing champion who retired in 2004 (Eisele, 2004a). Lennox Lewis demonstrates intense focus and restraint ... From the ferocity of the ring to the ruthless wheeler-dealing conducted behind the scenes, the story has a cast of characters to match the epic story: Mike Tyson, who sparred with Lennox as he prepared for the Los Angeles Olympics; the ... An unstinting memoir by the former heavyweight champion explores his stereotype-defying life and career, looks back on the notoriety that has overshadowed his successes and recounts his fight back to success and respectability after losing ... An invaluable compendium, Life in the Ring offers the stories of boxing legends, past and present, and draws inspiring lessons from the remarkable determination, fortitude, and willpower that made these men great. This book is dedicated to my grandfather, Clarence Middleton, who boxed while in the United States Army during WWI, and my Father, Dennis Middleton, who boxed while in the United States Navy during WWII. What you will find here is a brief description of how the championship was passed along from John L. Sullivan to the present champion Wladimir Klitschko. The referees share stories from the high-profile fights they worked, with such superstars as Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Floyd Mayweather Jr., Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Larry Holmes, and Julio Cesar Chavez. Mama's Boy is a compelling story of success and failure, of love and hatred, betrayal and affirmation, in Britain and America, Canada and Jamaica. In Lou Duva: A Fighting Life, you’ll hear firsthand the exhilarating story of how Duva balanced family life and his work with nineteen different world champions. But this is a story with another dimension - an identity kept secret for decades. With honesty and integrity, this is the story of how Frank Maloney overcame his inner turmoil to stop living as Frank and become Kellie. Boxing fans, sports historians, and those interested in U.S. race relations as it intersects with sports will find this book a fascinating exploration into how engrained boxing once was in America’s social and cultural fabric. That much is a matter of record. You think yoiu know the story? You've barely scratched the surface. The Handler: Rory Holloway: Rory was Mike's closest friend. Found inside – Page 21The Lennox Lewis Era Along with Holyfield, the 1990s produced another ... Lennox Lewis was finally the undisputed heavyweight champion of the world but ... Found inside – Page 27P Ε Ο Ρ Ι Ε The undisputed champion PA Photos / Nick Potts World heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis is a true Commonwealth hero . Lewis , who on 8 June 2002 defeated former champion Mike Tyson in Memphis , USA , has claim ... A biography of the man who would become heavyweight champion of the world and rock the sporting world with scandal. Found insideWho did Lennox Lewis lose his title to via a second-round knock-out in 1994? Who did Lewis meet to unify the heavyweight crown in March 1999 and what was ... Discusses the origins and evolution of the sport of boxing, as well as memorable events and key personalities in the game's history. Introduces the professional sport of boxing, and includes a brief history of the sport, describes the skills and tactics used, and lists some of the most successful boxers. Found inside – Page 51SPORTS Lennox Lewis, the 34-year-old British boxing champion, ... and IBF (International Boxing Federation) heavyweight titles with a second-round knockout ... It’s not afraid to tackle an issue rarely discussed: Does the heavyweight title deliver on its promise to young men in the inner city? This is the definitive story of Leon and Michael Spinks. The Greatest Fighters of all time come to life in the pages of this carefully researched and fully illustrated guide to the "Sweet Science. BECOMING HOLYFIELDis a treasure-trove of behind-the-scenes stories of people who have become legend, including promoter Don King and boxers Lennox Lewis and, of course, Mike Tyson, whose two showdowns with Evander -- including the infamous ... A Ringside Affair brings that brilliant epoch back to life – and puts it in the perspective it deserves. Where was I when they fought for glory? What kind of lives did they lead? Now I am on a treasure hunt for answers to those questions. This book has whet my appetite for more. Carol Golden-Media Assistant, Marion, IA A comprehensive collection of eyewitness accounts, research and interviews, Heavyweight Armageddon! tells the fascinating tale of one of boxing's most socially important super-fights. Brutal, honest, raw, and often hilarious, Undisputed Truth is the singular journey of an inspiring American original. Boxiana: Volume 1 is an anthology of never before published boxing writing and takes an in-depth look at the sport’s past, present and future. Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Spirited, fast-paced, and rich in detail, Rocky Marciano is the first book to place the boxer in the context of his times. You can have no better tour guide through this unique and entertaining world than Roy McHugh, a humble sportswriter who believed that listening was always more important than talking and thus, was able to absorb and retain the startling ... It also tells the inside story of the boxing world, tracing the wheeling and dealing and double crosses that characterize it. The book is published to coincide with the Lewis-Bruno fight in September 1993. Acting as a lens focused on a racist society, The Great White Hope explores how segregation and prejudice created the demand for a 'great white hope' who would defeat Johnson and how this, in turn, affected the boxer's life and career. A half-a-century, 450 glorious fights, and one amazing era, all in one incredible book, beginning with Archie Moore, and ending with Lennox Lewis, this is "Lineage Unbroken: The Complete Lineal Tracing of World Heavyweight Championship ... Found insideIn his hey-day, before his defeat to Buster Douglas, he was a box office draw and marketing commodity of Joranesque proportions. This is a Tyson who punched often and with no wasted motion. Rocky is fiction, however. The men in Rocky Lives! are real. David E. Finger, a writer for top boxing website FightNews.com, presents chronologically seventy-five heavyweight boxing upsets of the 1990s. Found inside – Page 52Heavyweight boxer Lennox Lewis is retiring from the ring as a champion, and he's giving all who lay a bet a tip-the odds are against his coming back. Found insideChampion Size Intheirprimesthe greatest heavyweight champions ... Giants such as Lennox Lewis, Riddick Bowe,the Klitschko brothers andSamPeter may be ... Found inside – Page 51A Lennox Lewis throws one of his 613 punches at Evander Holyfield during their ... about the outcome of the undisputed heavyweight boxing championship match ... Experience life behind the scenes of boxing as a firsthand observer inside the Holyfield camp and watch the story of Holyfield's perseverance unfold as the "Humble Warrior" fights on. For, above all, No Baloney is the story of a man who has been lucky enough to experience the kind of life he could not have imagined in his wildest dreams all those years ago in south-east London - and Maloney has made sure he's lived it to ... 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