Looking for a Fight

How a Writer Took on the Boxing World - From the Inside

David Matthews (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2002 | New edition
Headline Book Publishing (Verlag)
978-0-7472-6235-0 (ISBN)

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Dave Mattews began to research the underworld of boxing and found many reluctant to talk to a writer who didn't understand the sport. He therefore began a two-year training programme so he could have one professional fight. This is the story of his battle and an account of boxing from the inside.

When Dave Mattews began to research the strange underworld of boxing, he found that many were reluctant to talk to a writer looking for colour pieces without really understand the sport. So he decided to take them on at their own game and began a two-year training programme so he could have one professional fight. "Looking for a Fight" is Matthew's story of his own battle for fitness, the difficulty of learning how to punch properly and how to take a punch. Above all he reveals what really motivates the characters that he worked and trained with. What makes someone risk their life for a purse of a few hundred pounds? Why do so many boxers believe that God is on their side? Is boxing a force for good in our society? This is an account of boxing from within and without.

David Matthews is a freelance journalist who has written for various newspapers, including the OBSERVER and the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, and is currently working on a scholarship with the BBC.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	7.6.2002
Zusatzinfo	8pp b/w photos
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	128 x 20 mm
Gewicht	237 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
ISBN-10	0-7472-6235-7 / 0747262357
ISBN-13	978-0-7472-6235-0 / 9780747262350
Zustand	Neuware