Boxing category: 529 books
Born to Box
The Extraordinary Story of Nipper Pat Daly
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
Nipper Pat Daly was boxing's most amazing prodigy. Extraordinary but tragic, his was a career like no other in sports history. Born in Wales in 1913, he became a professional boxer at age ten after moving to London. With his exceptional talent, by age 14 he was beating grown men in gruelling 15-round...
One Punch from the Promised Land
Leon Spinks, Michael Spinks, and the Myth of the Heavyweight Title
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
It was 1976 when Leon and Michael Spinks first punched their way into America’s living rooms. That year, they became the first brothers to win Olympic gold in the same Games. Shortly thereafter, they became the first brothers to win the heavyweight title: Leon toppled The Greatest, Muhammad Ali;...
by Deirdre Gogarty, Darrelyn Saloom
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2014
Although in the late 1980s boxing is socially frowned upon and illegal for women in Ireland, a girl named Deirdre Gogarty has one dream: to be the first Irish woman to become world champion. Unable to fit in at school and in the midst of her parents' unraveling marriage, she plans her suicide. Death...
by Percy Longhurst
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2016
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
Drama in the Bahamas
Muhammad Ali's Last Fight
Language: English
Release Date: August 2, 2016
On December 11, 1981, Muhammad Ali slumped on a chair in the cramped, windowless locker room of a municipal baseball field outside Nassau. A phalanx of sportswriters had pushed and shoved their way into this tiny, breeze-blocked space. In this most unlikely of settings, they had come to record the...
Shelby's Folly
Jack Dempsey, Doc Kearns, and the Shakedown of a Montana Boomtown
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
In 1923, not long after oil had started gushing from northern Montana fields, real-estate sales in nearby Shelby were declining, dimming the little town’s prospects of becoming the “Tulsa of the West.” Then the mayor’s son dreamed up a marketing ploy: offer to host heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey’s...
by Richard Poche
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2017
One of the most popular and contentious conversations you will hear from boxing fans is the subject of how a fighter from a previous era would have done against a present day champion. Here we take a look at how popular boxing champion Manny Pacquiao would have fared in various "fantasy fights"...
Muay Thai Basics
Introductory Thai Boxing Techniques
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Muay Thai, also referred to as Thai boxing, combines fitness training, self-defense, and competitive sport. In this hands-on guide, renowned trainer Christoph Delp presents the sport’s history, development, rules, and equipment. In the techniques section, he first details basic skills such as the...
Ringside
Interviews with 24 Fighters and Boxing Insiders
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2016
Twenty-four exclusive interviews with boxing insiders feature the recollections and perspectives of champions, trainers, promoters and officials, as well as those who work behind the scenes. Interviewees include ring legends “Sugar” Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks and Roy Jones, Jr., trainer Angelo Dundee,...
The Greatest Fight of Our Generation
Louis vs. Schmeling
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2005
Held on June 22, 1938, in Yankee Stadium, the second Louis-Schmeling fight sparked excitement around the globe. For all its length--the fight lasted but two minutes--it remains one of the most memorable events in boxing history and, indeed, one of the most significant sporting events ever. In this...
Journeymen
The Other Side of the Boxing Business, A New Perspective on the Noble Art
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2014
Journeymen tells a story that is often purposely ignored - that of the modern-day boxers who lose for a living. Far from huge purses and pay-per-view hype, the book lays bare the reality of the boxing business and the way it works in small-hall venues countrywide. October 2013 saw the 100th and final...
Fearless Freddie
The Life and Times of Freddie Mills
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2017
Fearless Freddie charts the career of pugilist Freddie Mills, who became the biggest name in British boxing, a television star in the 1950s only to commit apparent suicide in 1965. Freddie was a boxing superstar at a time when the country was still trying to pick up the pieces in the aftermath of the...
Distinction Earned
Cape Breton's Boxing Legends 1946-1970
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2017
Distinction Earned highlights the accomplishments of significant Cape Breton fighters like George “Rockabye” Ross (about who MacDougall has also penned a play), Tyrone Gardiner, Blair Richardson and Francis “Rocky” MacDougall and trainers like Johnny Nemis. Between 1965 and 1967 five national...
by Bernard Dunne
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Bernard Dunne boxed for the first time at the age of 6. Twenty-three years later, in an electrifying performance at the O2 arena in Dublin, he stopped the brilliant Ricardo Cordoba to take the WBA World Super Bantamweight belt.
The path from the gym in west Dublin to the world title was often...