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Boxing is one of the oldest and most exciting of sports: its bruising and bloody confrontations have permeated Western culture since 3000 BC. During that period, there has hardly been a time in whic……続きを見る

A comprehensive, practical guide to non-contact boxing - looks at workouts in an individual, group or class setting. Learn how to improve clients' body composition, heart-lung stamina, strength, spe……続きを見る

Perhaps no other heavyweight fight elevated the common man as a boxing fan than the Baer-Carnera title bout of June 1935. Braddock had fought on the undercard of the Carnera-Baer heavyweight champio……続きを見る

Held on June 22, 1938, in Yankee Stadium, the second Louis-Schmeling fight sparked excitement around the globe. For all its length--the fight lasted but two minutes--it remains one of the most memor……続きを見る

»That all you got?" Mit dieser Frage provoziert Muhammad Ali seine Gegner - in der Politik wie im Boxring. Auch 1974 in jener »Schlacht im Dschungel" von Zaire, dem Kampf gegen George Foreman, der d……続きを見る

Any discussion of great boxers must include Willie Pep and Sandy Saddlerーmidcentury featherweight champions whose heroics electrified the fistic world then and reverberate today. This book explores……続きを見る

An updated edition of award-winning columnist Jack Newfields best-selling biography of Americas boxing mogul, the source for the Emmy-winning movie Don King: Only in America. When Jack Newfields un……続きを見る

Spanning the period between 1967 and 2005, this compilation includes 84 of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ira Berkow's columns on boxing. Readers will meet some of the greatest names in the sport's h……続きを見る

**'Reveals details that even close followers might not have known. . . . An amazing story' – New York Times Revealing the extraordinary rise of a young fighter from Louisville who changed the world ……続きを見る

Joey Maxim was a veteran of 100 plus fights when he fought a 19-year-old Floyd Patterson at Eastern Parkway Arena on June 7, 1954. Patterson was undefeated but had fought less than twenty times prof……続きを見る

Cora Livingston was exceptional as a female wrestler. She stood 5'2" in her stocking feet and never weighed more than 135 pounds. When she captured the title as world champion female wrestler, in 19……続きを見る

Kid Gavilan was a fixture in the boxing world of the early 1950s. He fought on television more than thirty times, in bouts for championships and non-title fights. From Camaguey, Cuba, the Kid was na……続きを見る

Nell Stewart was a farmer's daughter from Steele, Alabama. She left a job as a waitress and trained under wrestling veteran Gladys Kill-em Gillem. Nell entered professional wrestling in the late 194……続きを見る

June Byers came into female wrestling in the late 1940s and ended her career in the early 1960s. An aggressive wrestler with a fine build for her sport, she was an all-around athlete originally from……続きを見る

Boxing is one of the oldest sports in the world, reaching back to the Ancient Greeks, although it has become popular only in the past century or so. But, in some ways, it is a rather complicated spo……続きを見る

Are you enrolled in a Muay Thai class, but are confused as to what you're supposed to do when the instructor tells you to spar? Be confused no more because Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar: A Guide T……続きを見る

Continuing the Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar series, Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar 2: A Guide To Muay Thai Fighter Types is about Muay Thai fighter types and the strategies one can implement whe……続きを見る

Growing up on one of Scarborough's toughest estates, Paul Ingle pulled on his first pair of boxing gloves at the age of seven. Known by fans, foes and friends as 'The Yorkshire Hunter' he fought alm……続きを見る

In this poignant, moving book, Muhammad Ali shares the beliefs he has come to live by and which he has passed on to his children. Some of the wisdom is his own; some comes from the teachings of true……続きを見る

Welcome to Vegas. You've got ringside seats to the world's hottest boxing match. Watch fearless champions. Meet the women who knock them off their feet. Fans of Katy Evans, Jamie McGuire and RJ Pres……続きを見る

A Hurting Sport marks the tenth annual volume of Thomas Hauser’s boxing articles to be published by the University of Arkansas Press. Every year, readers, sportswriters, and critics alike look forwa……続きを見る

Welcome to Vegas. You've got ringside seats to the world's hottest boxing match. Watch fearless champions. Meet the women that knock them off their feet. Fans of Katy Evans, Jamie McGuire and RJ Pre……続きを見る

From 'A Low Blow' to 'Went the Distance', a fascinating and lively examination of the regular use of terms from the boxing ring in our everyday language. Have you ever stopped to notice how often yo……続きを見る

Born in January of 1942, Cassius Clay Jr. would go on to win the world heavyweight championship, join the Nation of Islam, change his name and captivate the world with his political stance on Vietna……続きを見る

**Profits from Think & Respect will be donated to some of Irving Ungerman's favourite charities.** Born February 1, 1923, Irving Ungerman has always been a fighter. Weighing in at a mere two-an……続きを見る

Welcome to Vegas. You've got ringside seats to the world's hottest boxing match. Watch fearless champions. Meet the women that knock them off their feet. Fans of Katy Evans, Jamie McGuire and RJ Pre……続きを見る

The single most intimate look at Muhammad Ali’s retirement, told through the story of an unexpected, powerful and life-changing friendship In 1988, then struggling writer and video store worker Davi……続きを見る

Published in 1901, Ira L Wood Jr expertly depicts boxings technical details with multiple turn of the century photographs to capture the essence of the Sweet Science. Over 80 pages dedicated to thos……続きを見る

In this unflinching and inspiring autobiography, the boxing legend faces his single greatest competitor: himself. Sugar Ray Leonard's brutally honest and uplifting memoir reveals in intimate detail ……続きを見る

Richard O. Davies won Foreword Reviews' INDIEFAB Book of the Year Bronze Medal in Sports for The Main Event: Boxing in Nevada from the Mining Camps to the Las Vegas Strip. Davies' book was chosen as……続きを見る