A Ringside Affair: Boxing's Last Golden Age

For nearly three decades—throughout boxing's most engrossing era from 1977 through 2002—James Lawton was ringside, covering every significant bout, spending time with the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Tommy Hitman Hearns, Roberto Duran, Mike Tyson, Lennox Lewis, Evander Holyfield, and many other great fighters.

Lawton found himself captivated by the sport as he followed it around the world. From a big fight's initial announcement, through the fighters' p...