The Best of the Ring: The Bible of Boxing
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Editor: Stanley WestonEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-03
ISBN: 1566251729
Number of pages: 296
Publisher: Bonus Books
Summary of The Best of the Ring: The Bible of Boxing
The best history of boxing classics just got a lot better. A special full colour report chronicles Mike Tyson's career and controversial first-round victory over Peter McNeeley. With this book, readers can trace the evolution of boxing from the 1920's to the present. Through profiles of boxers, examination of boxing controversies, opinions by boxing insiders, fight summaries and analysis of the skills of all-time great boxers, the reader is offered a comprehensive of what A.J. Liebling called 'The Sweet Science'. Experience first-hand accounts of the great matchups - Dempdey vs. Tunney, Louis vs. Schmeling, Dempey vs. Firpo, Zale vs. Graziano, Ali vs. Foreman, and many more classics. The Ring - 'The Bible of Boxing' - brings you the best features stories and columns that have spread in that magazine since its first edition debuted on news-stands on 15 February 1922. Includes more than 100 rare boxing photographs from 'The Ring' archives recapture great boxing moments and the personalities who created them.Boxing Books
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