| Description |
1 online resource |
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Includes index. |
| Summary |
"Twenty-four exclusive interviews with boxing insiders feature the recollections and perspectives of champions, trainers, promoters and officials, as well as those who work behind the scenes. Interviewees include ring legends "Sugar" Ray Leonard, Leon Spinks and Roy Jones, Jr., trainer Angelo Dundee, ring announcer Michael Buffer, referee Steve Smoger, cut man Joe Souza, and manager Jackie Kallen"-- Provided by publisher |
| Contents |
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments ; Foreword by Greg Leon ; Prologue: Appreciating Fighters ; 1-Larry Merchant: Lunch with a Legend ; 2-Ray Charles Leonard: Coffee with Sugar ; 3-Bob Arum: Inside the Iron Gates ; 4-Naazim Richardson: The City of Brotherly Love ; 5-Leon Spinks: From the Vault |
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6-Michael Buffer: The Ring Announcer 7-Jackie Kallen: The First Lady of Boxing ; 8-Gerry Cooney: The Fight ; 9-Joe Souza: The Cutman ; 10-John Scully: The Iceman Tapes ; 11-Roy Jones, Jr.: Pound-for-Pound; 12-Emanuel Steward: The Kronk Legacy ; 13-Steve Smoger: The Third Man |
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14-Monte Barrett: The Tale of Two Gunz 15-Al Bernstein: The Origins of ESPN ; 16-Carlos Varela, Sr.: The National School ; 17-Glen Johnson: The Road Warrior ; 18-Mackie Shilstone: Special Forces; 19-Harold Lederman: The Pharmacist ; 20-Joe Goossen: Ten Goose Boxing ; 21-Peter McNeeley: The Hurricane |
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22-Melvina Lathan: The Chairwoman 23-Exum Speight: The Ex-Files; 24-Angelo Dundee: Final Words ; Epilogue: Once Upon a Time in the Suburbs ; Index |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Boxing -- Interviews.
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Boxers (Sports) -- Interviews.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Sports. |
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History. |
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference. |
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports. |
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Boxers (Sports) |
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Boxing. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Linder, Doveed. Ringside. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, 2016 9781476664415 (DLC) 2016033923 (OCoLC)948547826 |
| ISBN |
9781476626246 (electronic bk.) |
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1476626243 (electronic bk.) |
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9781476664415 |
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1476664412 |
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