Broken Dreams (eBook)

Another Year Inside Boxing

Thomas Hauser (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2021
268 Seiten
University of Arkansas Press (Verlag)
978-1-61075-753-9 (ISBN)

Infos

Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike look forward to Thomas Hauser s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene. As Booklist has proclaimed, Many journalists have written fine boxing pieces, but none has written as extensively or as memorably as Thomas Hauser. . . . Hauser remains the current champion of boxing. . . . Hauser is a treasure. Broken Dreams meets this high standard with its coverage of 2020 s most important fighters and fights, outside-the-ring controversies, regulatory missteps, and other issues that defined the year s boxing scene. Hauser explores the heavyweight trio of Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, and Deontay Wilder in depth, as well as Canelo Alvarez and historic greats like Jack Dempsey, Carlos Monzon, and Muhammad Ali.Hauser also tackles the larger social challenges that imposed themselves so assertively in 2020, including the coronavirus pandemic, the Black Lives Matter movement, runaway social media, the presidential election, and other forces that left a deep imprint on the sport and business of boxing.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 5.11.2021
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• ISBN-10: 1-61075-753-X / 161075753X
• ISBN-13: 978-1-61075-753-9 / 9781610757539