There is an introductory letter from Angelo Dundee, the doyen of boxing trainers, and each chapter has a literary lead-in from significant contributors to the sport: Joyce Carol Oates, Jack Dempsey, Gus D'Amato, Joe Louis, Thomas Hauser, and Damon Runyan. West Texas Middleweight feels, reads, and looks like a well-manicured narrative.
This marked the first occasion in which a boxer, appearing in a nationally televised contest, died as a result of injuries received in the ring. Three years earlier, Ring magazine named Roach as the Rookie of the Year and heralded him as a top-ten contender for the middleweight championship of the world. In 1950, boxing and baseball stood out as America's major professional sports. Frank Sikes, a third-generation West Texan, tells the story of the unknown Lavern Roach who also stamped his place in sports history. This "No Mas" incident stands as one of the most dramatic moments in the history of boxing. In round eight, he mysteriously let his shoulders slump, he turned his back, and walked away. Nevertheless, his career was dwarfed by what happened on November 25, 1980, in his rematch with Sugar Ray Leonard. The film endeavors to account for the extraordinary career of the legendary boxer Roberto Duran whose whole persona was built upon his ability to hit mercilessly and demonstrate a competitive intensity second to none. He started earning money fighting at.This reviewer received The Story of Lavern Roach in the same month that director Jonathan Jakubowicz released his movie entitled Hands of Stone. Jack Dempsey was Heavyweight Champion from 1919 to 1926. ” What would happen if a year-old baby fell from a fourth-floor window onto the head of a burly truck driver, standing on the sidewalk?” Championship Fighting: Explosive Punching and Aggressive Defense This is how Jack Dempsey’s classic book Championship Fighting begins. You gotta admit though that it sure was awesome for him to bring his collected wisdom together in book form, and from a self defense (take that for whatever you want) slant at that. Absolutely right, he definitly isn't a 'genius' in any sense of being innovative or creating something from nothing. Jack Dempsey's Championship Fighting, Daniel Mendoza's The Art of Boxing, George Carpentier's Boxing as a Fine Art, Jimmy Wilde's Art of Boxing, Champ Thomas' How to Be an Ass-Whipping Boxer, John Walsh's Boxing Simplified, Frank Klaus' Infighting, Jim Driscoll's excellent four part series, Nat Fleischer and James J.
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