Becoming Holyfield
Subtitle: a fighter's journey
By: Evander Holyfield with Lee Gruenfeld
Contributors: Gruenfeld, Lee
Edition: 1st Atria Books hardcover ed.
Publisher: Atria Books
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 275
ISBN-13: 9781416534860
Subjects: Boxers (Sports); Biography
Description: The story of the Olympic medallist and world heavyweight champion covers such topics as the disqualification that lost him a gold medal, his sensationalized matches against Mike Tyson, and his appearances on such shows as "Dancing with the Stars."
Notes: "Atria non fiction original hardcover."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: I: Amateur; title: Childhood; title: The ring; title: Childhood's end; title: Trials; title: Olympiad; title: Isom Coley; title: II: the pro ranks; title: Going pro; title: Life in the big leagues; title: Champion; title: Breaking ranks; title: "Iron Mike"; title: You can't win 'em all; title: "Finally!"; title: The weird part; title: III: Mountains, valleys, and everything in between; title: Atlas shrugged; title: Affairs of the heart; title: A year of living dangerously; title: Hard lessons; title: IV: It's how you end; title: "Holyfield V: the final chapter"; title: It's how you end.