Boxing category: 529 books
Froch
My Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2014
When Carl Froch defeated George Groves in their Wembley Stadium re-match in front of 80,000 fans, it went down as the biggest fight in British boxing history, cementing Carl’s place as our greatest boxer – a pure warrior who has never accepted the easy way.
Carl grew up a tough kid on a...
by Anon.
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2013
Boxing has probably the longest recorded history of any combat sport but it was not until the 20th century and the dawning of mass media that these fighters became heroes and villains the world over. This is perfect for any boxing fan wishing to relive the fights that sometimes shaped the world.
by Barry Flynn
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2015
A concise history of all the major figures in Irish boxing, from Barry McGuigan to Katy Taylor, this new book from highly experienced author Barry Flynn will be a must for fans of Irish boxing all over the world.
A Hurting Sport
An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2015
A Hurting Sport marks the tenth annual volume of Thomas Hauser’s boxing articles to be published by the University of Arkansas Press. Every year, readers, sportswriters, and critics alike look forward to these collections. In 2014, Booklist observed, “This annual series detailing the year in boxing...
by David E. Finger
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2005
Boxing fans love the upset, seeing the underdog surprise the heavy favorite and take the fight to him, winning over the fans andùperhaps even more importantùthe judges. Sylvester Stallone mined that emotion through his long series of Rocky films.Rocky is fiction, however. The men in Rocky Lives! are...
Third Man in the Ring
33 of Boxing's Best Referees and Their Stories
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2013
Officiating a professional boxing match can be a thankless job. When a match goes well, no one focuses on the referee. But when a controversy arises, everyone remembers the man who made the call. Third Man in the Ring explores the lives of thirty-three officials as they discuss what goes on inside...
The Dream Fight
One Man's Vision of Who Was The Greatest Heavyweight Boxer of All Time
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2014
When sports journalist Denison Brown visits a hypnotherapist to help him quit smoking, he has no idea of the journey on which he is about to embark. Whilst his efforts to give up tobacco fail miserably, he does attempt to answer a long-debated sporting question, who is the greatest heavyweight boxer...
by Ned Donnelly
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2017
A book of boxing by one of the nineteenth-century stars, celebrating the 175th anniversary of The London Library.
Ned Donnelly, a former prize fighter turned boxing instructor and author (with a lot of help from his literate friends), was a household name as a one of the most successful, famous,...
Stars in the Ring: Jewish Champions in the Golden Age of Boxing
A Photographic History
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2016
For more than sixty years—from the 1890s to the 1950s—boxing was an integral part of American popular culture and a major spectator sport rivaling baseball in popularity. More Jewish athletes have competed as boxers than all other professional sports combined; in the period from 1901 to 1939,...
No Middle Ground
Eubank, Benn, Watson and the golden era of British boxing
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the first bout in the epic battle between Nigel Benn, Michael Watson and Chris Eubank to contest the WBO Middleweight Championship that would keep us entertained for five manic, magnificent and ultimately tragic years, marking the start of an epic saga in British...
by Stan Trybulski, Wayne D. Dundee, Ron Fortier
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2012
BATTLING BOXING STORIES presents 15 of the most intense and hard-hitting stories about the puglisitic arts collected in one place and written by some of the best of today's new crop of exciting writers. The stories in this book highlight all types of boxers and all aspects of the sport, from amateur...
by I L Wood Jr
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2015
Published in 1901, Ira L Wood Jr expertly depicts boxings technical details with multiple turn of the century photographs to capture the essence of the Sweet Science. Over 80 pages dedicated to those wishing to improve their boxing skill and overall health or simply an interest in the roots of modern...
Rope Burns
One Man's Reluctant Obsession with Boxing
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2016
The critically acclaimed Rope Burns is the true story of what can happen when an obsession takes over your life, sucks you in and spits you back out again. Set during the world of boxing in the 1980s, it is a tale littered with wasted ambition and shattered hopes; a journey through boxing that begins...
Mastering Muay Thai Kick-Boxing
MMA-Proven Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2012
Become a champion in the Thai martial arts world with this Muay Thai training guide!
Muay Thai (or Thai boxing), the national sport of Thailand, has become one of the most prominent martial arts forms in the mixed martial arts (MMA) arena. Often called "the art of eight limbs," Muay...