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The Big Fight: My Life in and Out of the Ring

Autor Sugar Ray Leonard, Michael Arkush
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 apr 2012 – vârsta de la 18 ani
In his New York Times bestselling memoir, one of America’s greatest boxing legends faces his single greatest competitor: himself
In Washington, D.C., during the 1970s, a black man could get into the newspapers in one of two ways: crime—or boxing. “Sugar” Ray Leonard chose to fight. After winning a gold medal at the 1976 Olympics, Ray wanted to call it quits and go to college, but his family’s financial needs made him go pro. Boxing history was made. All the while, another, darker Ray—one overwhelmed by depression, rage, drug addiction, sexual abuse, and greed—battled for dominance. In The Big Fight, Ray comes to terms with both these men and shares a brutally honest and remarkably inspiring portrait of the rise, fall, and ultimate redemption of a true fighter—inside and outside the ring.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780452298040
ISBN-10: 0452298040
Pagini: 303
Ilustrații: 8-page b/w photo insert
Dimensiuni: 135 x 201 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Plume Books

Recenzii

 “The intelligence and self-reflection that helped Sugar Ray become one of the greatest fighters of his generation, have also stood him in good stead outside the arena.”

“Champions come and go, but to be legendary you got to have heart, more heart than the next man, more than anyone in the world. Ray's heart was bigger than all the rest. He would never stop fighting.”

Notă biografică

Sugar Ray Leonard worked as a boxing analyst for ABC and HBO after retiring from the ring. He lives with his wife and two children in California.

Extras

My eyes never lie. There they are, open wide, in the mirror of the dressing room at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. Those eyes would reveal which of the two dueling personalities would enter the ring as I took on the most intimidating opponent of my career: Marvin Hagler . . . Would it be Sugar Ray Leonard, true American hero since capturing the gold medal in Montreal more than a decade earlier? Sugar Ray was resilient, fearless, unwilling to accept failure. The smile and innocence of a child would be gone, replaced in the ring by a man filled with rage he did not understand . . . Or would it be Ray Leonard, the part-time boxer at the age of thirty whose best was well behind him, his days and nights wasted on fights which never made the headlines, fights he lost over and over, to alcohol and cocaine abuse and depression?

Descriere

In this unflinching and inspiring autobiography, boxing legend Leonard faces his single greatest competitor: himself. With honesty, humor, and hard-won perspective, Leonard comes to terms with both triumph and struggle--and presents a gripping portrait of remarkable strength, courage, and resilience.