The longshot
By: Katie Kitamura
Publisher: Ulverscroft
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leicester
Language: eng
Number of pages: 218
ISBN-13: 9781444805598
Subjects: Boxers (Sports); Fiction; Boxing trainers
Description: Cal was the one. The kid had everything a fighter needed and if he didn't become champion then Riley would have no one to blame but himself ... Cal and his trainer Riley are on their way to Mexico for a make-or-break rematch with the legendary fighter Rivera, who has never been beaten. Four years ago, Cal came close to being the first to ever take Rivera the distance. But he was knocked out, in a fight that nearly ended him. Only Riley, who has been at his side for the last ten years, knows how much that fight changed everything for Cal. and only Riley really knows what's now at stake, for both of them ...
Notes: Originally published: New York: Free Press; London: Simon & Schuster, 2009.