Bring it to the Ring: A boxing yearbook and inspirational message to today's youths - Softcover

Rineer, Eric

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1420827634 ISBN 13: 9781420827637

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2005

Synopsis

This yearbook, which provides a behind-the-scenes look at professional boxing, is intended to encourage young people to set high goals in life and, more importantly, to conquer those goals - no matter which sport or profession you choose in life.The photographs and interviews inside were compiled between April 2003 and April 2004, during a significant period in modern boxing: Rising trainer James "Buddy" McGirt led Antonio "Magic Man" Tarver to a stunning knockout of Roy Jones Jr., marking the end of an era for a pound - for - pound king.Buddy continues to train Antonio - the light heavyweight champion - in Vero Beach, Florida, the scene of this book.Inside you will find helpful advice from champions and witness the preparation that goes into a championship prizefight!

About this title

About the Author

Eric Riner is a free-lance journalist.From April 2003 to April 2004 he interviewed and photographed some of the top prizefighters in the world at a training site in Vero Beach, Florida, where he formerly edited and covered boxing for the Vero Beach Press Journal.He observed these fighters train for lengths of six to eight weeks at a time, often in preparation of world title fights.His experiences are captured in "Bring it to the Ring: A boxing yearbook and inspirational message to today's youths."Rineer is a native of Columbia, Pennsylvania, with a degree in journalism from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1420827634
• ISBN 13: 9781420827637
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 88