Description
Book Synopsis 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.
Table of Contents
- 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
