No Middle Ground (eBook)

Eubank, Benn, Watson and the golden era of British boxing

Sanjeev Shetty (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2014
320 Seiten
Aurum (Verlag)
978-1-78131-269-8 (ISBN)

Infos

2014 marked the 25th anniversary of the first bout in the epic battle between Nigel Benn, Michael Watson and Chris Eubank to contest the WBO Middleweight Championship that would keep us entertained for five manic, magnificent and ultimately tragic years, marking the start of an epic saga in British Boxing. The fight took place a month after the Hillsborough disaster and was screened live on TV, in a slot now dominated by talent contests. It was a time when kids could stay up late to watch 12 rounds of madness. It was also the last Golden Era of British Boxing. While for us these greats of British boxing provided entertainment away from the hooliganism of football, for them it was much more personal. Rivalries exist in every sport, but their loathing was real and in the ring it nearly became deadly. But this is what the swaggering early-90s Britain tuned in for. These three fighters were Britains alpha-ego. They made the country proud. No Middle Ground takes us back to the years when these boxers pounded the heavy bags and tells their story as well as that of Britains love affair with the sport, and how these fight came to define them and us. In tracing the boxers journeys to centre-stage Sanjeev Shetty reveals the story of the dark side of Thatchers nation - the blood, the sweat, the dangerous hatred that fuelled these men, and the ultimate price they would pay for their moment in the sun.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 15.5.2014
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Schlagworte: 20th century boxers • 20th century fighters • 90s boxing • 90s british boxing • benn boxing • best of boxing • best of british boxing • books on boxing • Boxing • Boxing Autobiography • Boxing biography • Boxing books • boxing champion • boxing champions • boxing championship • boxing greats • boxing guide • Boxing legends • boxing matches • boxing stats • British boxing • british boxing legends • british fighters • Chris Eubank • chris eubank autobiography • chris eubank biography • chris eubank book • eubank benn watson • eubank boxing • famous boxers • golden era of british boxing • golden ground • greatest fighters • heroes of british boxing • history of boxing book • history of british boxing • Michael Watson • michael watson autobiography • michael watson biography • michael watson book • Nigel Benn • Nigel Benn Autobiography • nigel benn biography • nigel benn book • story of british boxing • thatcher's britain • top names in boxing • watson boxing • WBO Middleweight Championship
• ISBN-10: 1-78131-269-9 / 1781312699
• ISBN-13: 978-1-78131-269-8 / 9781781312698