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- Protect Yourself at All Times: An Inside Look at Another Year in Boxing
- Book
- 2018
- Published by: University of Arkansas Press
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“Hauser is a treasure. Whatever he writes is worth reading. Boxing is blessed that he has focused so much of his career on the sweet science.”
—Booklist
Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike anticipate Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene, where his award-winning investigative journalism is on display. The annual retrospective of the previous year in boxing is always a notable moment in the sport that no one knows better than Hauser.
Protect Yourself at All Times offers a behind-the-scenes look at Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, dressing room reports from big fights like Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin, and compelling portraits of luminaries like Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, and Don King, all filtered through the perspective of a true champion of boxing.
—Booklist
Each year, readers, writers, and critics alike anticipate Thomas Hauser’s newest collection of articles about the contemporary boxing scene, where his award-winning investigative journalism is on display. The annual retrospective of the previous year in boxing is always a notable moment in the sport that no one knows better than Hauser.
Protect Yourself at All Times offers a behind-the-scenes look at Floyd Mayweather vs. Conor McGregor, dressing room reports from big fights like Canelo Alvarez vs. Gennady Golovkin, and compelling portraits of luminaries like Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis, Mike Tyson, and Don King, all filtered through the perspective of a true champion of boxing.
Table of Contents
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- Author's Note
- pp. ix-x
- Fighters and Fights
- UFC 208, Holly Holm, and Boxing
- pp. 23-31
- Errol Spence Has Arrived
- pp. 70-72
- The Barclays Buzz
- pp. 94-97
- “Big Baby” Takes a Baby Step Forward
- pp. 104-109
- Rosie Perez on Muhammad Ali
- pp. 110-114
- More on the Muhammad Ali Documentary
- pp. 115-122
- Fight Notes
- pp. 129-157
- Intimate Warfare: The Gatti–Ward Trilogy
- pp. 158-162
- Iron Ambition: Mike Tyson and Cus D’Amato
- pp. 163-169
- Fighters as Writers
- pp. 170-175
- Muhammad Ali: A Life
- pp. 176-184
- Jess Willard
- pp. 185-188
- Curiosities
- Tony Middleton: From Fighting to Singing
- pp. 223-226
- I Fell on My Face
- pp. 227-230
- Fistic Nuggets
- pp. 231-238
- Reflections on a Fiftieth Reunion
- pp. 239-242
- Issues and Answers
- Don King and Bob Arum in Perspective
- pp. 245-255
- Congratulations to the WBC and VADA
- pp. 268-271
- Fistic Notes
- pp. 278-308
- The Bittersweet Science
- pp. 309-312
- The Leather Pushers
- pp. 313-316
- Literary Notes
- pp. 317-330
- The NYSAC is Still Courting Disaster
- pp. 340-344
- Dick Gregory and Muhammad Ali
- pp. 345-348
Additional Information
ISBN
9781610756488
Related ISBN(s)
9781682260746
MARC Record
OCLC
1046977939
Pages
312
Launched on MUSE
2018-08-15
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2018