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Book SynopsisA luminous account of the most compelling and climactic phase of boxing's long history. For three decades at the end of the twentieth century throughout boxing's most engrossing era James Lawton was ringside, covering every significant bout, spending time with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hitman Hearns, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield and many other great fighters. Lawton found himself captivated by the sport as he followed it around the world. From a big fight's initial announcement, through the fighters' punishing training regimes, the overblown press conferences and dramatic weigh-ins, up to the bout itself and its savage fall-out Lawton observed and absorbed it all, grateful for the remarkable access he was afforded. He witnessed Ali screaming in pain for his dressing-room lights to be turned out after a fight; he was there to meet Tyson at the prison gates on his release in 1992; he listened as forme
Trade ReviewJames Lawton was … one of the great sports writers, and this collection of his journalism covering the last great golden age of boxing is consistently enthralling. Be it witnessing Muhammad Ali screaming in pain, or Mike Tyson being released from jail, Lawton was there to capture the moment. * Choice Magazine *
Table of ContentsPrologue 1 New York, September 1977 2 Montreal, June 1980 3 Las Vegas, October 1980 4 New Orleans, November 1980 5 Las Vegas, September 1981 6 Las Vegas, November 1984 7 Las Vegas, April 1985 8 New York, January 1987 9 Las Vegas, April 1987 10 Las Vegas, August 1987 11 Tokyo, March 1988 12 Seoul, March 1988 13 Atlantic City, June 1988 14 Tokyo, February 1990 15 Las Vegas, October 1990 16 Indianapolis, February 1992 17 Las Vegas, November 1992 18 San Antonio, Texas, September 1993 19 Indianapolis, March 1995 20 Sacramento, May 1995 21 Las Vegas, June 1997 22 New York, March 1999 23 Memphis, Tennessee, June 2002
Epilogue Acknowledgements
