Ringside 2

More Interviews with Fighters and Boxing Insiders

Doveed Linder (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

231 Seiten

2022
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8697-4 (ISBN)

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This second collection of 24 exclusive interviews with boxing insiders features some of the most influential personalities in ring history, including former heavyweight champions Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield and promoters Don King and Kathy Duva.

This second collection of the author's 24 exclusive interviews with boxing insiders features some of the most influential personalities in ring history, including former heavyweight champions Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield and promoters Don King and Kathy Duva. Other interviewees include trainers Ronnie Shields and Virgil Hunter, former HBO blow-by-blow announcer Jim Lampley, and judge Duane Ford, along with some names perhaps unfamiliar to many of the boxing public who work as driving forces behind the sport.

Doveed Linder has been involved in the sport of boxing as an amateur boxer, a trainer, and a writer. He lives in St. Louis, Missouri.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Foreword by “Iceman” John Scully

Prologue: Why I Write About Boxing

Fighters

1—Lennox Lewis: The Emperor

2—Winky Wright: Undisputed

3—Ivan Robinson: Fight of the Year

4—Jose Antonio Rivera: The Rooster

5—Dwight Muhammad Qawi: The ABC Plan

6—Chris Byrd: Little Big Man

7—George Chuvalo: Still Standing

8—Caveman Lee: Runaway Child

9—Evander Holyfield: The Warrior

Trainers and Cutmen

10—Ronnie Shields: Any Given Sunday

11—Virgil Hunter: From the Root to the Fruit

12—Roger Bloodworth: Different Seasons

13—Jack Loew: Grooming the Pride of Youngstown

14—Winston Shaw: A Place Called Gamble

15—Ray Rodgers: Golden Gloves Education

16—Don Turner: The Gym at Clark & Central

Promoters and Managers

17—Lou DiBella: After Dark

18—Pat Lynch: Legendary Nights

19—Kathy Duva: Ice World

20—Don King: Once and for All

21—J Russell Peltz: The Blue Horizon

Announcers and Officials

22—Jim Lampley: World Championship Boxing

23—Duane Ford: Through the Eyes of a Judge

24—Dr. Stuart Kirschenbaum: Commissioner Emeritus

Epilogue: A 10-Count

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	31.08.2022
Zusatzinfo	93 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	431 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	1-4766-8697-1 / 1476686971
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-8697-4 / 9781476686974
Zustand	Neuware