Boxing

Boxing On This Day

History, Facts & Figures from Every Day of the Year

by Nick Parkinson

Description

Boxing On This Day revisits the sport's most magical moments, from title tear-ups, shocks and famous knockouts to bizarre dramas. Here are hundreds of ring highlights, all mixed in with a maelstrom of quirky anecdotes and legendary characters to produce an irresistibly dippable boxing diary - with an entry for every day of the year. It's not just the stunning punches and smart one-liners that makes the history of the fight game so absorbing. Boxing is never far from controversy or hyperbole, surviving fixes and numerous scandals while producing some of sport's most famous names from Dempsey to Louis, from Ali to Tyson, from Lennox Lewis to Floyd Mayweather Jr. As well as recalling heroic, controversial, funny, tragic and surreal events, Boxing On This Day benefits from brilliant research, gathering together many original stories in a concise history of boxing from the 19th century to 2015.
Boxing On This Day

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Author Biography

Nick Parkinson has reported from ringside on Britain and Europe’s biggest fights. A journalist since 1998, he is the boxing reporter for the Daily Star Sunday and ESPN.co.uk. He also writes about boxing for the Daily Mirror and Daily Star, having previously covered the sport for The Sunday Times, the Daily Mail and other newspapers worldwide.

Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Pitch Publishing
  • Publication Date July 2015
  • Orginal LanguageEnglish
  • ISBN/Identifier 9781785310522
  • Publication Country or regionGB
  • FormatHardback
  • Primary Price 9.99 GBP
  • Pages192
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Dimensions192x121

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