And the New…

An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing

Thomas Hauser (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

2012
University of Arkansas Press (Verlag)
978-1-55728-986-5 (ISBN)

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Thomas Hauser’s recording of the contemporary boxing scene has become boxing’s most eagerly anticipated written work. And the New... is the latest compilation of Hauser’s essential catalogue on boxing. It brings readers into the dressing room with fighters like Manny Pacquiao and Sergio Martinez, exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports, and the economic realities that drive boxing today.

Thomas Hauser’s recording of the contemporary boxing scene has become boxing’s most eagerly anticipated written work. Booklist has called Hauser “the most respected boxing journalist working today and perhaps the best ever.” Robert Lipsyte calls him “the best boxing writer of our time.” And the New . . . is the latest compilation of Hauser’s essential catalog on boxing. It brings readers into the dressing room with fighters like Manny Pacquiao and Sergio Martinez in the moments before 2011’s biggest fights. Hauser’s award-winning investigative journalism exposes the inner workings of HBO Sports and the economic realities that drive boxing today. There’s a look back in time at the incomparable Henry Armstrong, and much more.

Thomas Hauser is the author of forty-three books. His first work, Missing, was made into an Academy Award-winning film. He later authored Muhammad Ali: His Life and Times, the definitive biography of the most famous fighter ever. In 2004, the Boxing Writers Association of America honored Hauser with the Nat Fleischer Award for Career Excellence in Boxing Journalism.

Zusatzinfo	ill
Verlagsort	Fayetteville
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 226 mm
Gewicht	456 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	1-55728-986-7 / 1557289867
ISBN-13	978-1-55728-986-5 / 9781557289865
Zustand	Neuware