An Unforgiving Sport
An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing
Will be published approx. on 30. October 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-1-55728-910-0 (ISBN)
Description
This work captures a remarkable year in boxing - 2008. Thomas Hauser has become 'must reading' in the boxing community, and his latest book demonstrates why. "An Unforgiving Sport" brings together Hauser's 2008 articles from secondsout.com and espn.com, in which he exposes the inner workings of HBO sports, goes behind the scenes at boxing's biggest fights, revisits historical figures like John L. Sullivan, and offers revealing portraits of Don King, Oscar De La Hoya, Manny Pacquiao, Ricky Hatton, Bernard Hopkins, and a host of others. "Booklist" praised an earlier collection of Hauser's articles as 'one more testament to [Hauser's] talent and passion for the most elemental of our sports'. "An Unforgiving Sport" adds to Hauser's definitive record of the contemporary boxing scene.
Reviews / Votes
"Hauser writes about professional boxing in a way that no one has ever done before." - Playboy "Incomparable and indispensable." - New York Times "Hauser should be read by critics as well as boosters of professional boxing." - Associated Press "Hauser has earned his reputation as one of boxing's greatest witers." - Booklist"More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Fayetteville
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-55728-910-0 (9781557289100)
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Additional editions
E-Book
10/2009
1st Edition
University of Arkansas Press
€30.49
Available for download
Person
Thomas Hauser is the author of thirty-seven books on a wide range of subjects. His first book, Missing, was made into an Academy Award-winning movie, and his book Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times is considered to be the definitive account of the great fighter. In 1996 Hauser coauthored with Ali the book Healing, for which they won the Haviva Reik Award. In 2004 Hauser won the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism from the Boxing Writers Association of America.