Showbusiness with Blood (eBook)

A Golden Age of Irish Boxing

Eamon Carr (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2023
240 Seiten
The Lilliput Press (Verlag)
978-1-84351-889-1 (ISBN)

Infos

In Showbusiness with Blood, Eamon Carr beguiles the reader with an insightful account of the world's greatest boxers, from Steve Collins to Mike Tyson to Tyson Fury and Katie Taylor.


Boxing, Ireland's most successful Olympic sport, became turbo-charged in the mid-90s. A golden age followed as Irish boxers excelled in the harsh, violent and sometimes tragic business that is professional boxing. Having become enamoured of the sport during a period of serious illness as a child, Eamon Carr was on hand to witness the victories and disasters.


The core principle of prize-fighting – striking and defence – demands enormous courage each time the boxer steps forward. Surrounded by enthusiastic fans, the ring can yet be the loneliest place in the world. Ireland embodies this tradition with renewed focus over the past three decades in a golden age of boxing.

Showbusiness with Blood takes the reader on an intimate journey through Irish boxing's years of triumph and desolation. Carr's enthusiasm for the sport illuminates the dark corners of the fight game with stories from gruelling training camps, noisy press conferences, behind-the-scenes hustling and the savage brutality of championship fights.


These are stories of aspiration and devastation. Yet amid the chaos and destruction of the boxing ring are inspirational tales of courage, resilience and personal redemption: boxing's enduring saving grace
Featured boxers include: Steve Collins, Wayne McCullough, Bernard Dunne, Darren Sutherland, Tyson Fury, Jamie Conlan, Andy Lee, John Joe Nevin, Katie Taylor, Willie Casey, Carl Frampton, Michael Conlan, Mike Tyson, Seamus McDonagh, Conor McGregor, Martin Rogan, Michael Carruth, Francis Barrett, Matthew Macklin and Gary 'Spike' O'Sullivan.

Autor

Eamon Carr is a member of Horslips. A journalist and art historian, he has been cultural commentator and reporter on news and sport for Independent Newspapers for over two decades. His published work includes The Origami Crow, Journey into Japan World Cup Summer 2002 (Seven Towers, 2008) and Deirdre Unforgiven: A Journal of Sorrows (Doire Press, 2013). His verse plays include DUSK (2016) and CúChulainn Awakes (2020).

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 21.9.2023
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Schlagworte: 1990s • aidan walsh • Andy Lee • Barry McGuigan • Bernard Dunne • best irish boxers • boxers from ireland • Boxing • boxing ireland • boxing press conference • boxing training • boxing training camps • Carl Frampton • Conor McGregor • cuchulainn awakes • Darren Sutherland • dearg doom • deirdre unforgiven • donald mcrae • dublin boxing • eamon carr • foundation song • Francis Barrett • gary o'sullivan • Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan • Georgi Iliev • golden age boxing • Golden Age of Boxing • greatest boxers • History • horslips • Ireland • Irish boxers • irish boxing • irish olympic • Jamie Conlan • joe joe nevin • John Joe Nevin • Katie Taylor • Martin Rogan • Matthew Macklin • merrion press • merrion presss • Michael Carruth • Michael Conlan • michael conlon • Mike Tyson • national boxing stadium • Olympics • Olympic sport • paul d gibson • professional boxing • Ricardo Guglielminotti • Seamus McDonagh • showbusiness with blood • spike o'sullivan • Sport • Steve Collins • the jackal • the oragami crow • titanic arena • titanic boxing • Titanic Quarter • top irish boxers • Tyson Fury • Wayne McCullough • Willie Casey • world's boxers • world's greatest boxers
• ISBN-10: 1-84351-889-9 / 1843518899
• ISBN-13: 978-1-84351-889-1 / 9781843518891