The Ultimate Book of Boxing Lists: 224 - Softcover

Sugar, Bert Randolph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0762440139 ISBN 13: 9780762440139

Publisher: Running Press Adult, 2011

Synopsis

Top boxing personalities Bert Sugar and Teddy Atlas present an entertaining and info-packed compilation of Top Ten lists involving all aspects of 'the sweet science' that will appeal to the tens of millions of boxing fans worldwide. What were the ten most fantastic knockouts in boxing history? Which pugilist had the greatest jab of all time? What were the sport's most intense rivalries? What are the biggest upsets in boxing's annals? Who had the greatest nicknames? Which trainers got the most out of their charges? And what were the worst referee calls ever? These questions and many others are raised and answered in this bold collection of ranked lists from two of boxing's greatest commentators. Each list has an introductory paragraph followed by a number (usually ten) of ranked entries, each entry featuring a brief explanation of ranking with entertaining and enlightening background information. It includes approximately 75 black and white photos.

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Review:

Library Journal, March 17, 2011
It's hard to imagine a team better equipped to compile this work than Sugar, boxing writer nonpareil, and Atlas, boxing analyst and trainer of champions. Throw in a few lists by guests like Muhammad Ali, and you have a book that will appeal greatly to boxing enthusiasts. Among the 88 lists are the expected (greatest fighters); the arcane (best body punchers); the amusing (best boxing nicknames); and the puzzling (heavyweight Ernie Terrell's favorite singers and musical groups). The book falls short of Sugar's stated intent to, through a collection of orderly miscellanea, create a kind of shorthand history of the sport, but to do so would be difficult. A winner by a majority decision, though an index sure would have been handy.

About the Author:

Bert Sugar has been called "the greatest boxing writer of the 20th century" by the International Veterans Boxing Association. A sports-media icon with his trademark cigar and fedora, Sugar appears regularly on ESPN, HBO, and Showtime as a commentator on boxing and baseball. The one-time publisher of Boxing Illustrated and The Ring magazines, Sugar has written over 80 books on boxing including My View from the Corner (with Angelo Dundee), Great Fights, Bert Sugar on Boxing, Boxing's Greatest Fighters, and more. Sugar lives in Chappaqua, New York. Teddy Atlas was a top boxing trainer for over 30 years, and was Mike Tyson's trainer in his first four years as a pro. Altas joined ESPN in 1998 as ringside analyst for Friday Night Fights, and has been a ringside analyst formany US channels including Showtime, ABC Wide World of Sports, and HBO radio broadcasts. Atlas published his autobiography, Atlas: From the Streets to the Ring, in 2006. He lives in New York state.

About this edition

• Publisher: Running Press Adult
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0762440139
• ISBN 13: 9780762440139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 238