| The Sweet Science Goes Sour: How Scandal Brought Boxing to Its Knees Contributor(s): Myler, Thomas (Author), Sugar, Bert Randolph (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 1553652339 ISBN-13: 9781553652335 Publisher: Greystone Books OUR PRICE: $14.40 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2006 Annotation: In "The Sweet Science Goes Sour, " boxing writer Thomas Myler recounts some of the sport's most controversial fixes, fakes, and frauds. Like a ringside seat at the sport's greatest and most troubled bouts, the book brings to life boxing's many outrageous characters. They include Primo Carnera, tragically manipulated and ultimately destroyed by mobsters; Sonny Liston, who lost to Muhammad Ali because of a suspicious phantom punch; and Roberto Duran's, who was involved in a baffling surrender to Sugar Ray Leonard. Here too are notorious matchups like Riddick Bowe versus Andrew Golota, which ended in an unprecedented full-scale riot at Madison Square Garden. There's also Mike Tyson's infamous ear-munch on a shocked Evander Holyfield. Based on solid research and written in a dramatic, "you-are-there" style, this book pulls back the curtain on the squared circle to reveal the seamier side of the sweet science. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | Boxing |
| Dewey: 796.83 |
| Physical Information: 0.68" H x 5.54" W x 8.54" (0.83 lbs) 272 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Sweet Science Goes Sour, boxing writer Thomas Myler recounts some of the sport's most controversial fixes, fakes, and frauds. Like a ringside seat at the sport's greatest and most troubled bouts, the book brings to life boxing's many outrageous characters. They include Primo Carnera, tragically manipulated and ultimately destroyed by mobsters; Sonny Liston, who lost to Muhammad Ali because of a suspicious phantom punch; and Roberto Duran's, who was involved in a baffling surrender to Sugar Ray Leonard. Here too are notorious matchups like Riddick Bowe versus Andrew Golota, which ended in an unprecedented full-scale riot at Madison Square Garden. There's also Mike Tyson's infamous ear-munch on a shocked Evander Holyfield. Based on solid research and written in a dramatic, "you-are-there" style, this book pulls back the curtain on the squared circle to reveal the seamier side of the sweet science. |