The Soul of Boxing

Michael Watson, Nigel Benn, Frank Bruno and Other Big Hitters of Faith

Phil Shirley (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

208 Seiten

1999
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-00-274029-6 (ISBN)

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This text explores the reasons why so many top class boxers have strong religious beliefs. Are they simply an insurance policy in a life-threatening industry or do they point to a deeper search for meaning and personal significance?

What motivates the professional boxer who risks injury and even death every time they climb into the ring? Based on exclusive interviews with Mike Tyson, Frank Bruno and other world class fighters, Phil Shirley uncovers the darker side of those who are paid to inflict harm. Fight the Good Fight explores the reasons why so many top class boxers have strong religious beliefs. Are they simply an insurance policy in a life threatening industry or do they point to a deeper search for meaning and personal significance? Masculinity, brutality, emotional weakness and compassion run side by side with blow by blow action both in the ring and outside it. Here is a unique and fascinating insight into an industry that produces saints and sinners in equal measure.

Phil Shirley has written for many national newspapers and magazines. He is author of Blood and Thunder, the biography of Jonah Lomu.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	4.10.1999
Zusatzinfo	8pp b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	135 x 210 mm
Gewicht	240 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie
ISBN-10	0-00-274029-X / 000274029X
ISBN-13	978-0-00-274029-6 / 9780002740296
Zustand	Neuware