Overview

"There is something for every boxing fan in The Boxing Miscellany. Within these pages, there are hundreds of fascinating facts about pugilistic history on a wide range of topics, from world champions and great fights to scandals and controversies outside the ring. It also features famous quotes, biographies, fight reports, boxing records, lists and numerous trivia entries. As the items appear completely at random, it is not only a book to be read from cover to cover, but one to be dipped into and enjoyed in three-minute rounds. Researched with unflagging energy by an unrivalled master of the sporting factoid and fully revised and updated, this new edition of The Boxing Miscellany will bring hours of reading pleasure to every lover of the sport famously called by boxing writer A.J. Liebling ""the sweet science""."

Full Product Details

Author:   John White
Publisher:   Welbeck Publishing Group
Imprint:   Carlton Books Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 11.90cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 19.10cm
Weight:   0.249kg
ISBN:  

9781847323781

ISBN 10:   1847323782
Pages:   160
Publication Date:   03 September 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

The Boxing Miscellany contains hundreds of facts and stats on every aspect of the fight game including entries on: Muhammad Ali; Amateur boxing; Amir Khan; Army boxing; Jack Kid Berg; Boxing arenas; Boxing commentators; Boxing gyms; Boxing and literature; Boxing magazines; Boxing at the movies; Boxing records; Ken Buchanan; Bum of the Month; Joe Calzaghe; Primo Carnera; Harry Carpenter; Georges Carpentier; Controversies and scandals; Cuts men; Henry Cooper; Death in the Ring; Jack Dempsey; Roberto Duran; Famous quotes; Smokin' Joe Frazier; Paul Gallico; Great White Hopes; Marvin Hagler; Ricky Hatton; Ernest Hemingway; Jack Johnson; Don King; Knockouts; Jake LaMotta; Las Vegas; Sugar Ray Leonard; Lennox Lewis; Joe Louis; Barry McGuigan; Multiple champions; National Sporting Club; Nicknames; Oldest champions; Olympic boxing; Our 'Enry splashes it on all over; Points scoring; Prize fighting; Prize money; Promoters; Queensberry Rules; Rocky Marciano; The Ring magazine; Sugar Ray Robinson; The Rumble in the Jungle ; Max Schmeling; Southpaws; John L. Sullivan; Televised fights; The Thrilla in Manila ; TV adverts; Trainers; Mike Tyson; Unbeaten streaks; Weight limits; Jimmy Wilde; Youngest champions; and much much more.

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John White is a lifelong sports fanatic who has devoted all his spare time to compiling an impressively comprehensive computer database of sporting facts and figures. He is the author of all the books in Carlton's sports miscellany series. An Irishman from Belfast, he has ardently followed boxing since his compatriot Barry McGuigan first made the crowd at ringside roar.

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