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Book Synopsis*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED TO INCLUDE THE BIGGEST FIGHTS IN THE LAST FEW YEARS*
''Essential reading for anyone with even a fleeting interest in boxing'' Boxing Monthly
''Nobody knows British fighters and their stories better than Steve Bunce'' Daily Telegraph
Boxing is Steve Bunce''s game. He has filed thousands and thousands of fight reports from ringside. He has written millions and millions of words for national newspapers previewing boxing, profiling boxers and proselytising on the business. He has been the voice of British boxing on the airwaves, both radio and television, with an army of loyal fans. And now it''s time to put those many years of experience into penning his history of the sport of kings on these isles. It''s Bunce''s Big Fat Short History of British Boxing.
Starting in 1970, the beginning of modern boxing in Britain, Bunce takes us from Joe Bugner beating Henry Cooper to
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A history that crackles with energy and is rich in empathy. * Daily Telegraph *
I went on some crazy boxing journeys and Steve was always there * Ricky Hatton *
Outstanding * Carl Froch *