Awards

• Short-listed for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2001
• Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2001.
• Shortlisted for William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award 2001.

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An acutely intelligent, even-handed analysis of the characters, history and all-round horrible wonders of boxing's brutality and beauty. Solid, straight-talking and as rock'n'roll as sports writing gets The Scotsman Powerfully taut account of Benn v McClellan brawl captures boxing's farce and nobility Observer The boxing book to end all boxing books... compellingly unputdownable Guardian

"""An acutely intelligent, even-handed analysis of the characters, history and all-round horrible wonders of boxing's brutality and beauty. Solid, straight-talking and as rock'n'roll as sports writing gets"" The Scotsman ""Powerfully taut account of Benn v McClellan brawl captures boxing's farce and nobility"" Observer ""The boxing book to end all boxing books... compellingly unputdownable"" Guardian"

""An acutely intelligent, even-handed analysis of the characters, history and all-round horrible wonders of boxing's brutality and beauty. Solid, straight-talking and as rock'n'roll as sports writing gets"" The Scotsman ""Powerfully taut account of Benn v McClellan brawl captures boxing's farce and nobility"" Observer ""The boxing book to end all boxing books... compellingly unputdownable"" Guardian

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Kevin Mitchell is the boxing and tennis correspondent for the Observer and Guardian. He is the author of Jacob's Beach- The Mob, the Garden and the Golden Age of Boxing, and the co-author of Frank Bruno's autobiography Frank, which won the Best Autobiography category of the British Sports Book Awards.

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