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2) Zeroboxer
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 14
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"As seventeen-year-old Carr 'the Raptor' Luka rises to fame in the weightless combat sport of zeroboxing, he learns a devastating secret that jeopardizes not only his future in the sport, but interplanetary relations"--
3) The chief
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 5
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On the verge of having a shot at the heavyweight boxing championship, nineteen-year-old Sonny Bear finds himself with conflicting loyalties when trouble erupts on his reservation over the construction of a new gambling casino. Sequel to "The Brave."
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It was more than the long-awaited showdown between two superb athletes in their prime, more than the ultimate test of speed and artistry versus power and endurance. It was more than a boxing match, much more. The first meeting between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, transcended the world of sports to become a major international media spectacle with tremendous social and political overtones. Sportswriter Michael...
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The story behind the major motion picture The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, Irish Thunder is about a boxer from a boxing family and a boxing town, but it is not a boxing book. It is about the human spirit, blind loyalty, self-preservation and self-destruction. Micky's dramatic victories inside the ring are recounted in detail, but it is his victory outside the ring that will leave the reader inspired.
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Fifteen previously unpublished boxing pieces written between 1952 and 1963.
Demonstrating A.J. Liebling's abiding passion for the "sweet science" of boxing, A Neutral Corner brings together fifteen previously unpublished pieces written between 1952 and 1963. Antic, clear-eyed, and wildly entertaining, these essays showcase a The New Yorker journalist at the top of his form. Here one relives the high drama of the classic Patterson-Johansson championship...
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Easily the most enduring of all sports questions is "Who was/is the best... ?" Perhaps in no sport is the question more asked and argued over than in boxing. And in boxing perhaps none is more qualified to answer the question than Bert Randolph Sugar.
In Boxing's Greatest Fighters, not only does the former publisher of Ring Magazine tell us who the best fighters were, he lists them in order.
Could Sugar Ray Robinson have beaten Muhammad Ali? Could...
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Spanning the period between 1967 and 2005, this compilation includes 84 of Pulitzer Prizewinning author Ira Berkows columns on boxing. Readers will meet some of the greatest names in the sports history in the pages of this book, including Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Joe Louis, and Mike Tyson. Among the unforgettable stories gathered in this collection are the heated rivalry between Ali and Smokin Joe Frazier, Tysons infamous Bite Fight in 1997, and...
12) B Is for Boxing
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HERE IS A KNOCKOUT BOOK TO GET YOUR KID STARTED AS A WORLD CHAMPION READER! WORLD CLASS FIGHTER SALITA RELEASES CHILDREN'S BOOK Promoter, fighter...and now Dmitriy Salita can add "author" to his resume. "B Is For Boxing," an illustrated children's book which will help kids learn their A-B-Cs, is now in better bookstores everywhere. Authored by ex world title challenger Dmitriy Salita, along with Hall of Fame publicist Bill Caplan and Michael Salita,...
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The co-founder of the International Boxing Federation, Robert W. Lee, finally breaks his silence on being, blackballed from boxing after refusing to testify against controversial boxing promoter Don King. Lee takes you on a journey through his highs and lows. From being the first African American police officer in Scotch Plains, New Jersey, and President of the IBF to being an inmate at a correctional facility and suffering from an illness that has...
14) I am the Referee
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Being cheated out of their dream would destroy most people. Not Ian John-Lewis...He used the hurt and pain of this to propel himself to not just become one of the Worlds best referees but one of the most respected men in boxing today. The only Black boy in his school and growing up in the sixties, wasn't the easiest start, but his character ensured he overcame any disadvantage life would throw at him. Ian had to earn respect, and has earned it, by...
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The "WBC Greatest Fights Opus" is an OFFICIAL publication made with the World Boxing Council. This incredible book showcases the Greatest Fights fought under the WBC Belt. The World Boxing Council were instrumental in the creation of this book.
Each fight included in the book is celebrated with its own dedicated chapter and a breakdown of boxing history in-the-making — the Greatest Fights have been ranked into a Top 12 and are decided by the WBC...
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The mental challenges of amateur boxing, the fears and anxieties evoked, are similar to what we all face in life. How amateur boxers are taught to face these mental challenges has been honed over the thousands of years that boxing has been a sport. In Amateur Boxing: Mental Stress & Strength, a writer who is both a practicing psychiatrist and an experienced amateur boxer, examines how boxers meet these mental challenges. Drawing on the latest neuroscience...
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Carlo Rotella, an award-winning writer and ringside veteran, unearths the hard wisdom in any kind of fight, from barroom dustup to HBO extravaganza. He vividly describes the tough choices and subtle pleasures that come the way of every fighter, from perennial underdogs on the tank-town circuit to the one-time heavyweight champion Larry Holmes, who still spars to retching exhaustion daily.
Rotella uncovers the often-startling light that boxing sheds...
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Actualmente el kickboxing es uno de los deportes de lucha más difundidos en el mundo, por ser muy eficaz y fácil de aprender. Evolución moderna de las antiguas artes marciales, el kickboxing es una disciplina deportiva completa y también una técnica que puede ser un arma válida de defensa personal. Seguro y muy atractivo, el kickboxing permite desarrollar una serie de técnicas de patadas y puños, a nivel de aficionado (con el contacto ligero...
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