The Name of the Game: Thad Spencer, Willie Ketchum and the Quest for the Heavyweight Championship of the World
Author Adam Heach really did his homework on this book. Spencer's time in the limelight was brief but it was also full of controversy. I highly recommend it.--Jim Amato , member of the Boxing Writers Association Of America (BWAA)Adam Heach has written a most compelling and entertaining book about former '60s top ranked heavyweight contender Thad Spencer who boxed in arguably one of the most turbulent and interesting periods of ring history.  If you were a boxing fan in the 1960s and 1970s, you will enjoy reading this engrossing and well-written work. If you became a fan in years following this period, this book will educate you in many ways as to boxing events in those years.--Tracy G. Callis,Boxing Historian and Director of Historical Research at CyberBoxingZone.com.I'm not sure what possessed Adam to write a book about such a flawed character as Thad Spencer, but I'm glad he did. The book is extremely well researched and makes for fine reading. The story of the downward spiral of his life and career are meticulously detailed by the author and the reader, like Spencer himself, is left to wonder what might have been if the fighter had been able to forego the night life and had been more dedicated to his boxing career.--Clay Moyle, author ofBilly Miske: The St. Paul ThunderboltandSam Langford: Boxing's Greatest Uncrowned Champion