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Book Synopsis
Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. As Booklist has proclaimed, “Many journalists have written fine boxing pieces, but none has written as extensively or as memorably as Thomas Hauser. . . . Hauser remains the current champion of boxing. . . . Hauser is a treasure.”

Broken Dreams meets this high standard with its coverage of 2020’s most important fighters and fights, outside-the-ring controversies, regulatory missteps, and other issues that defined the year’s boxing scene. Hauser explores the heavyweight trio of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder in depth, as well as Canelo Álvarez and historic greats like Jack Dempsey, Carlos Monzon, and Muhammad Ali.

Hauser also tackles the larger social challenges that imposed themselves so assertively in 2020, including the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, runaway social media, the presidential election, and other forces that left a deep imprint on the sport and business of boxing.



Table of Contents
  • Fighters and Fights
  • Wilder–Fury II in Perspective
  • Top Rank on ESPN and What Comes Next
  • Jack Dempsey and the Newsboy: Debunking a Myth
  • How High Can the Charlos Climb?
  • Fight Notes
  • Macho Time
  • Carlos Monzon: A Fistful of Murder
  • Killed in Brazil
  • Teofimo Lopez Stakes His Claim to Stardom
  • The Tyson–Jones Exhibition
  • Joshua–Pulev and the Heavyweight Mix
  • Canelo Álvarez, Callum Smith, and DAZN

    Curiosities

  • I Didn’t Watch the Super Bowl This Year
  • Russ Anber: The Magician
  • Fistic Nuggets

    Issues and Answers

  • An Email from a Reader
  • Politics, Problems, and Power at the New York State Athletic Commission
  • Ivan Redkach and the New York State Athletic Commission
  • Paulie Malignaggi, Showtime, and the Dialogue on Race
  • Boxing Dishonored: The Backstory on Estrada vs. Adkins
  • The Ali–Kopechne Letter
  • The Best and the Most
  • Should Amateur Records Count in Evaluating Greatness?
  • Why Doesn’t Boxing Attract More Young Fans?
  • Jarrell Miller and Boxing’s PED Problem
  • Fistic Notes
  • Sporting Blood
  • The Night the Referee Hit Back
  • Bundini
  • Cassius X
  • Gordon Parks X Muhammad Ali
  • Literary Notes
  • Which Active Fighters Deserve to Be Called Great?
  • What If Deontay Wilder Had Accepted DAZN’s $100 Million Offer?
  • Underground Fight Clubs and the New York State Athletic Commission
  • In Memoriam

    Boxing and the Coronavirus

  • From 9/11 to COVID-19
  • Boxing Grinds to a Halt: The Past, the Present, and the Future
  • UFC’s Coronavirus Gambit
  • What Will Fans See When Boxing Comes Back?
  • More on UFC and the Coronavirus
  • Will Boxing Fans Come Back to the Arenas?
  • Some Notes on the Coronavirus
  • I Miss the Boxing Scene
  • Muhammad Ali and the Coronavirus
  • Some Notes to End On

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      Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
      Publication Date: 31/10/2021
      ISBN13: 9781682261798, 978-1682261798
      ISBN10: 1682261794

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. As Booklist has proclaimed, “Many journalists have written fine boxing pieces, but none has written as extensively or as memorably as Thomas Hauser. . . . Hauser remains the current champion of boxing. . . . Hauser is a treasure.”

      Broken Dreams meets this high standard with its coverage of 2020’s most important fighters and fights, outside-the-ring controversies, regulatory missteps, and other issues that defined the year’s boxing scene. Hauser explores the heavyweight trio of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder in depth, as well as Canelo Álvarez and historic greats like Jack Dempsey, Carlos Monzon, and Muhammad Ali.

      Hauser also tackles the larger social challenges that imposed themselves so assertively in 2020, including the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, runaway social media, the presidential election, and other forces that left a deep imprint on the sport and business of boxing.



      Table of Contents
      • Fighters and Fights
      • Wilder–Fury II in Perspective
      • Top Rank on ESPN and What Comes Next
      • Jack Dempsey and the Newsboy: Debunking a Myth
      • How High Can the Charlos Climb?
      • Fight Notes
      • Macho Time
      • Carlos Monzon: A Fistful of Murder
      • Killed in Brazil
      • Teofimo Lopez Stakes His Claim to Stardom
      • The Tyson–Jones Exhibition
      • Joshua–Pulev and the Heavyweight Mix
      • Canelo Álvarez, Callum Smith, and DAZN

        Curiosities

      • I Didn’t Watch the Super Bowl This Year
      • Russ Anber: The Magician
      • Fistic Nuggets

        Issues and Answers

      • An Email from a Reader
      • Politics, Problems, and Power at the New York State Athletic Commission
      • Ivan Redkach and the New York State Athletic Commission
      • Paulie Malignaggi, Showtime, and the Dialogue on Race
      • Boxing Dishonored: The Backstory on Estrada vs. Adkins
      • The Ali–Kopechne Letter
      • The Best and the Most
      • Should Amateur Records Count in Evaluating Greatness?
      • Why Doesn’t Boxing Attract More Young Fans?
      • Jarrell Miller and Boxing’s PED Problem
      • Fistic Notes
      • Sporting Blood
      • The Night the Referee Hit Back
      • Bundini
      • Cassius X
      • Gordon Parks X Muhammad Ali
      • Literary Notes
      • Which Active Fighters Deserve to Be Called Great?
      • What If Deontay Wilder Had Accepted DAZN’s $100 Million Offer?
      • Underground Fight Clubs and the New York State Athletic Commission
      • In Memoriam

        Boxing and the Coronavirus

      • From 9/11 to COVID-19
      • Boxing Grinds to a Halt: The Past, the Present, and the Future
      • UFC’s Coronavirus Gambit
      • What Will Fans See When Boxing Comes Back?
      • More on UFC and the Coronavirus
      • Will Boxing Fans Come Back to the Arenas?
      • Some Notes on the Coronavirus
      • I Miss the Boxing Scene
      • Muhammad Ali and the Coronavirus
      • Some Notes to End On

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