A Ringside Affair: Boxing’s Last Golden Age
Autor James Lawtonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 oct 2018
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781472945624
ISBN-10: 147294562X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 147294562X
Pagini: 304
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.2 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
For readers of George Kimball's Four Kings and The Hurt Business and Hugh McIlvanney's McIlvanney on Boxing
Notă biografică
James Lawton first started covering top-flight sport as a 19-year-old for the Daily Telegraph in 1963 and, after a seven-year stint in North America, went on to become chief sportswriter of the Daily Express and the Independent. He received numerous accolades including being voted sportswriter of the year three times, as well as sports columnist and sports feature writer of the year. He wrote 14 books, including an award-winning collaboration with Sir Bobby Charlton on his two volumes of autobiography. His Forever Boys: The Days of Citizens and Heroes, was the Sunday Times Sports Book of the Year 2015.
Cuprins
Prologue1 New York, September 19772 Montreal, June 19803 Las Vegas, October 19804 New Orleans, November 19805 Las Vegas, September 19816 Las Vegas, November 19847 Las Vegas, April 19858 New York, January 19879 Las Vegas, April 198710 Las Vegas, August 198711 Tokyo, March 198812 Seoul, March 198813 Atlantic City, June 198814 Tokyo, February 199015 Las Vegas, October 199016 Indianapolis, February 199217 Las Vegas, November 199218 San Antonio, Texas, September 199319 Indianapolis, March 199520 Sacramento, May 199521 Las Vegas, June 199722 New York, March 199923 Memphis, Tennessee, June 2002EpilogueAcknowledgements
Recenzii
James 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.