Ringside

Interviews with 24 Fighters and Boxing Insiders

Doveed Linder (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

220 Seiten

2016
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6441-5 (ISBN)

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Presents a collection of in depth interviews with various boxers, trainers, promoters, officials, and other boxing figures, who tell their story. Ringside: Interviews with 24 Fighters and Boxing Insiders is an exploration of the sport from top to bottom, as it profiles well accomplished champions and Hall of Fame inductees, as well as those who have laboured behind the scenes.

Twenty-four exclusive interviews with boxing insiders feature the recollections and perspectives of champions, trainers, promoters and officials, as well as those who work behind the scenes.

Interviewees include ring legends "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks and Roy Jones, Jr., trainer Angelo Dundee, promoter Bob Arum, ring announcer Michael Buffer, referee Steve Smoger, cutman Joe Souza, sportscaster Al Bernstein and manager Jackie Kallen.

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 Greg Leon

Prologue: Appreciating Fighters

1—Larry Merchant: Lunch with a Legend

2—Ray Charles Leonard: Coffee with Sugar

3—Bob Arum: Inside the Iron Gates

4—Naazim Richardson: The City of Brotherly Love

5—Leon Spinks: From the Vault

6—Michael Buffer: The Ring Announcer

7—Jackie Kallen: The First Lady of Boxing

8—Gerry Cooney: The Fight

9—Joe Souza: The Cutman

10—John Scully: The Iceman Tapes

11—Roy Jones, Jr.: Pound-for-Pound

12—Emanuel Steward: The Kronk Legacy

13—Steve Smoger: The Third Man

14—Monte Barrett: The Tale of Two Gunz

15—Al Bernstein: The Origins of ESPN

16—Carlos Varela, Sr.: The National School

17—Glen Johnson: The Road Warrior

18—Mackie Shilstone: Special Forces

19—Harold Lederman: The Pharmacist

20—Joe Goossen: Ten Goose Boxing

21—Peter McNeeley: The Hurricane

22—Melvina Lathan: The Chairwoman

23—Exum Speight: The Ex-Files

24—Angelo Dundee: Final Words

Epilogue: Once Upon a Time in the Suburbs

Index

Erscheinungsdatum	27.11.2016
Zusatzinfo	114 photos, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	178 x 254 mm
Gewicht	408 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
Themenwelt	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4766-6441-2 / 1476664412
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-6441-5 / 9781476664415
Zustand	Neuware