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Boxing's Greatest Controversies
A provocative and revealing look at the scandals and corruption behind the Sweet Science’s greatest fights.
Controversy is the one constant running throughout modern boxing’s history since its inception in England in 1698. Boxing's Greatest Controversies takes an incisive look at several big name fights, finally laying to rest some of the most popular rumours surrounding them while also considering the social, cultural, political and sporting impact these fights had on the world at large. Did the eras shape the fights or did the fights shape the eras? Boxing history is vibrant and continuous. Boxing controversies never end. They just get passed down to the next generation of fight fans. These prized bouts are some of the most enduring and notorious fights boxing has ever produced.
Controversy is the one constant running throughout modern boxing’s history since its inception in England in 1698. Boxing's Greatest Controversies takes an incisive look at several big name fights, finally laying to rest some of the most popular rumours surrounding them while also considering the social, cultural, political and sporting impact these fights had on the world at large. Did the eras shape the fights or did the fights shape the eras? Boxing history is vibrant and continuous. Boxing controversies never end. They just get passed down to the next generation of fight fans. These prized bouts are some of the most enduring and notorious fights boxing has ever produced.
- Undertitel
- Blunders, Blood Feuds, and Mob Corruption
- Författare
- Louis Joshua Eisen
- ISBN
- 9781459754867
- Språk
- Engelska
- Vikt
- 297 gram
- Utgivningsdatum
- 2025-03-20
- Förlag
- THE DUNDURN GROUP
- Sidor
- 336
