Overview

Booklist called Straight Writes and Jabs, last year’s collection of boxing articles by Thomas Hauser, “wonderful writing from a world-class jour­nalist.” This year’s collection, Thomas Hauser on Boxing, is the latest in the popular annuals bringing together all Hauser’s writing from the previous year. Readers will enter the dressing room with elite champions in the moments before some of 2013’s biggest fights. Hauser’s award-winning investigative journalism is on display in his prize-winning exposé of the tragedy that befell heavyweight boxer Magomed Abdusalamov. There’s a look at the incomparable Don King in the twilight of his career, and much more.

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This annual series detailing the year in boxing should be a highlight not only for fans of the sport but also for those who appreciate journalistic acumen and stylish prose. Booklist

"""This annual series detailing the year in boxing should be a highlight not only for fans of the sport but also for those who appreciate journalistic acumen and stylish prose."" --Booklist"

This annual series detailing the year in boxing should be a highlight not only for fans of the sport but also for those who appreciate journalistic acumen and stylish prose. -- Booklist

"""This annual series detailing the year in boxing should be a highlight not only for fans of the sport but also for those who appreciate journalistic acumen and stylish prose."" --Booklist"

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Thomas Hauser is the author of forty-five books. His first work, Missing, was made into an Academy Award–winning film. He later authored Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, the definitive biography of the most famous fighter ever. In 2004, The Boxing Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism.

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