Mike Silver: The Arc of Boxing | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780786493876 | Arc of Boxing | The Rise and Decline of the Sweet Science | Silver

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Beschreibung

Are today's boxers better than their predecessors, or is modern boxing a shadow of its former self? Boxing historians discuss the socioeconomic and demographic changes that have affected the quality, prominence and popularity of the sport over the past century. Among the interviewees are world-renowned scholars, some of the sport's premier trainers, and former amateur and professional world champions. Chapters cover such topics as the ongoing deterioration of boxers' skills, their endurance, the decline in the number of fights and the psychological readiness of championship-caliber boxers. The strengths and weaknesses of today's superstars are analyzed and compared to those of such past greats as Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Dempsey and Jake LaMotta.

Über den Autor

Mike Silver is a former boxing promoter and inspector with the New York State Athletic Commission whose many articles on boxing have appeared in the New York Times, The Ring magazine, Boxing Monthly and ESPN and Seconds Out websites.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Foreword by Budd Schulberg
Preface
Panel of Experts

1. Origins

2. The Golden Age

3. The Incredible Shrinking Sport

4. Paying Their Dues

5. Cooking the Books: Boxing's Nutty Knockout Numbers

6. Where Have You Gone Charlie Goldman?

7. Boxing's Missing Links

8. The Good, the Bad, and the Inconsistent

9. Fistic Forensics: Two Fights Analyzed

10. Too Much Amateur

11. The Dominance Factor, Part One: Roy Jones, Jr., and Bernard Hopkins

12. The Dominance Factor, Part Two: Roberto Duran, Pernell Whitaker, Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

13. The Bigger They Are-The Harder They Fall

14. Boxing's Snake Oil Salesmen

15. Boxing's Death by Alphabet

Epilogue
Appendix: Statistics for Reigning Champions
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsjahr:	2014
Genre:	Importe , Sport
Produktart:	Nachschlagewerke
Rubrik:	Hobby & Freizeit
Thema:	Kampfsport & Selbstverteidigung
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9780786493876
ISBN-10:	0786493879
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	Paperback
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Silver, Mike
Hersteller:	McFarland
Maße:	254 x 178 x 14 mm
Von/Mit:	Mike Silver
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2014
Gewicht:	0,46 kg

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