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21) 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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Journalist and amateur boxer Mischa Merz fulfills a long-held ambition to travel across the United States and compete in a series of amateur boxing tournaments. On this wild and fascinating journey she meets her idols, including Lucia Rijker of Million Dollar Baby fame, and some other truly extraordinary characters. Merz discovers the horrors and delights of the world of women's boxing and gains insights into this eccentric subculture's place in American...
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Continuing the Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar series, Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar 3: Your First Muay Thai Fight is about the physical and mental preparations one must go through to get ready for a fighter's first Muay Thai fight.
About the Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar series:
If two people were to decide to brawl (not "technical" brawl, but "throw caution to the wind and start swinging" brawl) then each opponent would have a fifty percent...
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Carefully selecting the best articles from a collection of classic magazines, here is a compilation of informative publications on the subject of sport. The titles in this range include 'The Sport of Rifle Shooting,' 'A Traditional Guide to Swimming and Diving,' 'The Great Sport of Rowing,' and many more. This particular installment, 'The Great Sport of Boxing', contains boxing stories, fighting techniques, and boxing history.
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Boxing has a long and eventful history and its drama, excitement and humour are covered in this fascinating account of the noble - and sometimes ignoble - art all over the world. From the bare-knuckle days when the Duke of Cumberland callously abandoned his protégé Jack Broughton when the latter could no longer fight on because he was blind, to 1964, when the charismatic Muhammad Ali knocked out Sonny Liston with a 'phantom punch' that no one in...
32) On Boxing
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A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.
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Known as the "guru" of boxing, Bert Randolph Sugar is one of the most charismatic writers ever to capture the drama of the fight on paper. With a passion for the sport that is rivaled only by his talent for writing about it, Bert Sugar is also regarded as the "unofficial historian" of boxing. With his trademark fedora and always-handy cigar, Sugar is a guaranteed ringside presence. His colorful personality and flamboyant mannerisms are unforgettable...
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Are you enrolled in a Muay Thai class, but are confused as to what you're supposed to do when the instructor tells you to spar? Be confused no more because Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar: A Guide To Muay Thai Sparring is here and will explain to you in a clear and concise manner how to spar and how sparring will improve your Muay Thai game.
Also by Xavier Zen: Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar 2: A Guide to Muay Thai Fighter Types
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Roberto Duran, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Thomas "Hit Man" Hearns all formed the pantheon of boxing greats during the late 1970s and early 1980s-before the pay-per-view model, when prize fights were telecast on network television and still captured the nation's attention. Championship bouts during this era were replete with revenge and fury, often pitting one of these storied fighters against another. From training camps to locker...
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Continuing the Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar series, Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar 2: A Guide To Muay Thai Fighter Types is about Muay Thai fighter types and the strategies one can implement when one knows the type of fighter one is and the type of fighter one is fighting.
About the Don't Be An Idiot When You Spar series:
If two people were to decide to brawl (not "technical" brawl, but "throw caution to the wind and start swinging" brawl) then...
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Originally published in 1915, this is a memoir of Eugene Corri's career as a boxing referee. He refereed all the top fights of the day and speaks at length of both the fights themselves and the boxers who fought them, all of whom he knew well. Well-illustrated with black and white photographs, this is a fascinating glimpse into a vanished era. Many of these earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce...
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Jack London was born and raised in the Bay area and was working full-time by the time he was 13 years old. He borrowed money to enroll in classes at the University of California, Berkeley in 1896, but dropped out after a year and headed to the Yukon for a short lived career as a prospector. Upon his return, London's literary career began in earnest, and until his death in 1916, he wrote short stories, novels, essays, poetry, journalism, and memoirs.
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