The boxing scene
By: Thomas Hauser.
Publisher: Temple University Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Philadelphia, PA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781592139767; 9781592139774
Subjects: Boxing; Professional sports
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Fights and fighters; title: Evander Holyfield and the impossible dream; title: John and Grainne : a love story; title: Boxing awaits De la Hoya-Mayweather; title: Floyd's world; title: De la Hoya-Mayweather in perspective; title: Footnote to history; title: The enigmatic Shannon Briggs; title: Bob Arum mans the ramparts with Cotto-Judah; title: Bernard Hopkins : he's baaack!; title: Bernard Hopkins : history in the making; title: Taylor-Pavlik : "and the new middleweight champion of the world . . ."; title: Forget the belts : Madison Square garden : October 6, 2007; title: Cotto-Mosley : youth will be served; title: Vinny Maddalone : "when the candle burns out, I'll walk away"; title: The American perception of British fighters; title: Ricky Hatton in Las Vegas : dreams vs. reality; title: Jack Dempsey; title: Curiosities, issues, and answers; title: HBO boxing : the challenge; title: Some thoughts from the Hammerstein ballroom; title: HBO notes; title: The void; title: More on the heavyweights; title: A boxing fan looks at mixed Martial arts; title: No one is enforcing the federal boxing laws; title: Agenda for the New York state athletic commission; title: Bob Sheridan; title: Are there fewer good trainers than before ?; title: A note on Jim Lampley; title: If boxing ruled baseball; title: My 81-year-old mother meets Don King; title: Hauser's fourteen; title: Fistic nuggets; title: Fistic notes; title: More important than boxing : 2007; title: The heavyweights rate the writers; title: Tempest Storm; title: If there's free food, grab it; title: Ticket scalping and boxing; title: Larry Merchant and HBO.