A Year at the Fights

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Acclaimed boxing writer Thomas Hauser admires the sweet science, but he also recognizes and confronts its problems. His essays here portray the sport in all its glory and gore, its grace and disgrace. Hauser tracks the effects of big money on the sport; exposes corruption at the highest levels; and examines the emotional links between the September 11 attack on America and the way we experience the violence of boxing. He follows the biggest fighters and the most important fights through 2001 into the early months...
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Acclaimed boxing writer Thomas Hauser admires the sweet science, but he also recognizes and confronts its problems. His essays here portray the sport in all its glory and gore, its grace and disgrace. Hauser tracks the effects of big money on the sport; exposes corruption at the highest levels; and examines the emotional links between the September 11 attack on America and the way we experience the violence of boxing. He follows the biggest fighters and the most important fights through 2001 into the early months of 2002. He also depicts the broadcasters, government regulators, and others -- the people behind the scenes who shape boxing without ever taking a punch. We meet fighters such as Lennox Lewis, Mike Tyson, and Bernard Hopkins, and noncombatants like ringside physician Margaret Goodman, trainer Eddie Futch, and the powers that be at HBO. A Year at the Fights gives us a ringside view of tragedy and triumph.
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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781557287335
  • Publisher: University of Arkansas Press
  • Publication date: 12/28/2002
  • Pages: 288
  • Product dimensions: 6.00 (w) x 8.90 (h) x 0.70 (d)

Table of Contents

Author's Note
Round 1 Fights and Fighters
Sir Henry Cooper 3
In Search of Naseem Hamed 9
Illusion, Reality, and Naseem Hamed 13
Anatomy of a Tragedy 22
Bernard Hopkins - Y4145 24
Bernard Hopkins and the Puerto Rican Flag 32
Bernard Hopkins and Lou DiBella 35
Bernard Hopkins: Craftsman at Work 40
Francisco Bojado: The Young Phenom Stumbles 44
Rahman-Lewis II: The Countdown Begins 48
Guilty Pleasures: The Rematch. Marc Ratner, and Las Vegas 51
Marketing Shane Mosley 60
Mosley-Forrest: A Good Fight Becomes a Great One 65
Round 2 Non-Combatants
Dr. Margaret Goodman 73
Gil Clancy 78
Hugh McIlvanney 81
Jimmy Lennon Jr. 85
Mr. Futch 88
Round 3 A Case Study
At the Hammerstein Ballroom 93
Explaining the Heavyweights 99
Don King and Tony Soprano 106
The Soap Opera Continues 110
The Next Episode 115
More Mom 120
Heavyweight Trial Update 129
Cedarbaum Rules 134
Round 4 The New York State Athletic Commission
A Scandalous Tragedy 143
Incompetence, Corruption, and Gov. George Pataki 152
Fighters at Risk 155
The NYSAC: "They Just Don't Care" 160
Testimony 166
The "New" New York State Athletic Commission 171
Round 5 Issues and Answers
Ghosts of Manila 179
Fathers and Sons 185
What's Going On at HBO? 190
Seth Abraham and Madison Square Garden 197
Enough Already! 202
Bill Cayton Belongs in the Hall of Fame 205
No More Sanctioning Fees? 209
The Bigot 213
More on Hasim Rahman's "Gay" Comment 216
Reschedule the Fight 219
Madison Square Garden: September 15, 2001 221
Madison Square Garden: September 29, 2001 223
September 11, 2001 224
Ali As Diplomat: "No! No! No! Don't" 227
The Handshake 229
Lewis-Tyson: Cancel the Fight 232
Nevada Says "No" to Mike Tyson 235
Round 6 Curiosities
Hello, Joe: A Letter To Joe Louis 245
Reader Mail 249
Insights and Nuggets 252
The King of Diamonds 256
The Small Promoter 258
The New Mike Tyson 260
Everlast: The Choice of Champions 263
Overheard at Gallagher's 267
A Prayer from Naseem 269
George Foreman on Christmas 271
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