Ringside 2
More Interviews with Fighters and Boxing Insiders
Published on 23. September 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
231 pages
978-1-4766-8697-4 (ISBN)
Description
This second collection of the author's 24 exclusive interviews with boxing insiders features some of the most influential personalities in ring history, including former heavyweight champions Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield and promoters Don King and Kathy Duva. Other interviewees include trainers Ronnie Shields and Virgil Hunter, former HBO blow-by-blow announcer Jim Lampley, and judge Duane Ford, along with some names perhaps unfamiliar to many of the boxing public who work as driving forces behind the sport.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Jefferson, NC
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Interest Age: From 18 years
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
93 photos, index
Dimensions
Height: 254 mm
Width: 178 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
445 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4766-8697-4 (9781476686974)
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Schweitzer Classification
Person
Doveed Linder has been involved in the sport of boxing as an amateur boxer, a trainer, and a writer. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.
Content
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by "Iceman" John Scully
Prologue: Why I Write About Boxing
Fighters
?1-Lennox Lewis: The Emperor
?2-Winky Wright: Undisputed
?3-Ivan Robinson: Fight of the Year
?4-Jose Antonio Rivera: The Rooster
?5-Dwight Muhammad Qawi: The ABC Plan
?6-Chris Byrd: Little Big Man
?7-George Chuvalo: Still Standing
?8-Caveman Lee: Runaway Child
?9-Evander Holyfield: The Warrior
Trainers and Cutmen
10-Ronnie Shields: Any Given Sunday
11-Virgil Hunter: From the Root to the Fruit
12-Roger Bloodworth: Different Seasons
13-Jack Loew: Grooming the Pride of Youngstown
14-Winston Shaw: A Place Called Gamble
15-Ray Rodgers: Golden Gloves Education
16-Don Turner: The Gym at Clark & Central
Promoters and Managers
17-Lou DiBella: After Dark
18-Pat Lynch: Legendary Nights
19-Kathy Duva: Ice World
20-Don King: Once and for All
21-J Russell Peltz: The Blue Horizon
Announcers and Officials
22-Jim Lampley: World Championship Boxing
23-Duane Ford: Through the Eyes of a Judge
24-Dr. Stuart Kirschenbaum: Commissioner Emeritus
Epilogue: A -10-Count
Index
Acknowledgments
Foreword by "Iceman" John Scully
Prologue: Why I Write About Boxing
Fighters
?1-Lennox Lewis: The Emperor
?2-Winky Wright: Undisputed
?3-Ivan Robinson: Fight of the Year
?4-Jose Antonio Rivera: The Rooster
?5-Dwight Muhammad Qawi: The ABC Plan
?6-Chris Byrd: Little Big Man
?7-George Chuvalo: Still Standing
?8-Caveman Lee: Runaway Child
?9-Evander Holyfield: The Warrior
Trainers and Cutmen
10-Ronnie Shields: Any Given Sunday
11-Virgil Hunter: From the Root to the Fruit
12-Roger Bloodworth: Different Seasons
13-Jack Loew: Grooming the Pride of Youngstown
14-Winston Shaw: A Place Called Gamble
15-Ray Rodgers: Golden Gloves Education
16-Don Turner: The Gym at Clark & Central
Promoters and Managers
17-Lou DiBella: After Dark
18-Pat Lynch: Legendary Nights
19-Kathy Duva: Ice World
20-Don King: Once and for All
21-J Russell Peltz: The Blue Horizon
Announcers and Officials
22-Jim Lampley: World Championship Boxing
23-Duane Ford: Through the Eyes of a Judge
24-Dr. Stuart Kirschenbaum: Commissioner Emeritus
Epilogue: A -10-Count
Index