Falling Hard
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2003
Yellow Jersey Press (Verlag)
978-0-224-06257-2 (ISBN)
Yellow Jersey Press (Verlag)
978-0-224-06257-2 (ISBN)
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Chris Jones looked for a sport to call his own when he was hired as a rookie reporter and found boxing. In this title, readers can find out what happened when he was dressed down by Don King, went to Muhammed Ali's birthday party and witnessed Naseem Hamed explode while Mike Tyson imploded.
365 days, 7 fights, 4 Kos, 3 decisions, 2 scandals, 1 missing ear, 1 wild year; Chris Jones did not know what he was getting himself into. He looked for a sport to call his own when he was hired as a rookie reporter. He found boxing. Over the course of the year that followed, the dark trade would creep deeply inside him, set his heart pumping one minute and break it the next. Make him stare at violence and dare him not to flinch. In Falling Hard, Jones proves himself to the latest in a line of lyricists to be drawn into boxing's storied corruption plagued world. He gets dressed down by Don King, meets the troubled guy who found Evander Holyfield's ear, goes to Muhammed Ali's birthday party, and witnesses Naseem Hamed explode while Mike Tyson implodes. Falling Hard is in equal measure victory and defeat - an intoxicating mix that leaves Jones addicted to boxing's special brand of pain. Humorous, infuriating and suspenseful, this is boxing distilled to its essence by sports writing's brightest star.
365 days, 7 fights, 4 Kos, 3 decisions, 2 scandals, 1 missing ear, 1 wild year; Chris Jones did not know what he was getting himself into. He looked for a sport to call his own when he was hired as a rookie reporter. He found boxing. Over the course of the year that followed, the dark trade would creep deeply inside him, set his heart pumping one minute and break it the next. Make him stare at violence and dare him not to flinch. In Falling Hard, Jones proves himself to the latest in a line of lyricists to be drawn into boxing's storied corruption plagued world. He gets dressed down by Don King, meets the troubled guy who found Evander Holyfield's ear, goes to Muhammed Ali's birthday party, and witnesses Naseem Hamed explode while Mike Tyson implodes. Falling Hard is in equal measure victory and defeat - an intoxicating mix that leaves Jones addicted to boxing's special brand of pain. Humorous, infuriating and suspenseful, this is boxing distilled to its essence by sports writing's brightest star.
Chris Jones was born in London in 1973. He has written for Canada's, National Post since 1998 and won the Edward Goff Penny Memorial Prize for outstanding young journalists. He lives in Toronto.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 6.3.2003 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Gewicht | 198 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung |
| ISBN-10 | 0-224-06257-3 / 0224062573 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-224-06257-2 / 9780224062572 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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