'A rollicking god among boxing writers...before Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson were out of diapers,Liebling was taking his readers on excursions through the hidden and often hilarious levels of this bruised subculture...the Master'- Los Angeles Times
Take a ringside seat next to A. J. Liebling at some of the greatest fights in history. Here is Joe Louis's devastating final match; Sugar Ray Robinson's dramatic comeback; and Rocky Marciano's rise to heavyweight glory.
The heated ringside atmosphere,the artistry of the great boxers and the blows and parries of the classic fights are all vividly evoked in a volume described by Sports Illustrated as'the best American sports book of all time'.
Publisher: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241343203Number of pages: 256Weight: 191 gDimensions: 198 x 129 x 15 mm
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'The best American sports book of all time'- Sports Illustrated
'Nobody wrote about boxing with more grace and enthusiasm than Joe Liebling'- The New York Times
'A rollicking god among boxing writers...before Tom Wolfe and Hunter S. Thompson were out of diapers,Liebling was taking his readers on excursions through the hidden and often hilarious levels of this bruised subculture...the Master'- Los Angeles Times
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