Boxing has produced some of the world's most exciting and colorful athletes, from Jack Johnson and Jake LaMotta to Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. They're all in this ultimate guide, the most comprehensive single-volume illustrated boxing reference available, now fully revised and updated to include all the world title fights since 2013, plus new biographies of modern great champions, features on changes to the sport, and reports on outstanding recent fights. In fan-delightful detail, it covers all aspects of boxing, from the days of illegal big-money challenge matches to today's multimillion-dollar televised extravaganza; the careers of the greatest boxers and their best fights; the prominent behind-the-scene figures; the administrative bodies, rules, culture, and ambience of the fight game; the tragedies and the scandals. A statistical section lists the facts, figures, and oddities of the sport.

Product Description: Booklist called Straight Writes and Jabs, last year’s collection of boxing articles by Thomas Hauser, “wonderful writing from a world-class journalist.” This year’s collection, Thomas Hauser on Boxing, is the latest in the popular annuals bringing together all Hauser’s writing from the previous year...read more

Product Description: The ultimate training manual for aspiring boxers, with inspiration and advice from world champions Juan Manuel Marquez, Sergio Martinez, Saul Alvarez, and Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr.An indispensable resource for both new and seasoned fighters, this book is filled with tips and suggestions on how to improve skills and maximize performance...read more

Product Description: Officiating a professional boxing match can be a thankless job. When a match goes well, no one focuses on the referee. But when a controversy arises, everyone remembers the man who made the call. Third Man in the Ring explores the lives of thirty-three officials as they discuss what goes on inside the ropes and recount the disputes and clashes that have occurred when they worked at home and abroad...read more

Product Description: A powerful telling of the first African-American heavyweight champion, this story portrays how a shy, fearful young man learned to fight back and become one of history's more compelling personalities. Children will be awed and inspired by the boxer's energy and drive which is duly reflected through the combination of rhythmic text and bold artwork...read more

Product Description: Boxing has produced some of the world's most exciting and colorful athletes, from Jack Johnson and Jake LaMotta to Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson. They're all in this ultimate guide, the most comprehensive single-volume illustrated boxing reference available, now fully revised and updated to include every major world title fight up to March 2013, plus biographies of modern great champions and reports on outstanding recent fights...read more

Product Description: By Jerry Beasley #135. 7 X 10, 120 pages, paperback. ISBN #0-86568-191-0. The author believes that the best jeet kune do experience comes through the art of full-contact fighting. The true JKD experience must have the element of danger, the potential for injury and the reality of pain for the practitioner to develop true freedom of expression...read more

Suitable for both recreational and competitive boxers, and all those who wish to take up amateur boxing, or participate in a boxing-based programme. This work offers practical advice on the many crucial factors that need to be taken into account if the boxer is to maximize his, or her, performance and potential.

Product Description: Boxing began in Cleveland in the 1880s. As pugilism was an illegal activity, brawling workers from the iron ore docks surreptitiously met on ìWhiskey Islandî to settle disputes. They would be followed by crowds of spectators who cheered them on and often ended up fleeing from the sheriff...read more

Product Description: Book by Carson, Julius McClure