The Boxing Register: International Boxing Hall of Fame Official Record Book - Softcover
A clear eyed look at the glorious and colorful history of the world's most brutal sport, The Boxing Register is the definitive guide to the "Sweet Science." No other source offers such a compelling collection of stories, images, and records of the fight game.
The great prizefighters - as well as legendary promoters, trainers, and referees - come to life on the page. Detailed and accurate fight-by-fight records invite close tracking of each pugilist's career. From the early bare-knuckle brawlers through 20th-century heroes like Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali, every honoree in "The Showplace of Boxing" - the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York - is here.
The great prizefighters - as well as legendary promoters, trainers, and referees - come to life on the page. Detailed and accurate fight-by-fight records invite close tracking of each pugilist's career. From the early bare-knuckle brawlers through 20th-century heroes like Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali, every honoree in "The Showplace of Boxing" - the International Boxing Hall of Fame in Canastota, New York - is here.
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These Are the Champions!
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The greatest fighters of all time come to life in the pages of this carefully researched and fully illustrated guide to the "Sweet Science." Packed with facts, figures, and action photos, every honoree in the Hall of Fame is here, from the earliest bare-knuckle brawlers to 20th-century heroes like Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali.
Newly updated and revised!
The fourth edition has definitive fight-by-fight records of all International Boxing Hall of Fame inductees through 2006, making The Boxing Register the best compilation of boxing facts anywhere.
Forward by Edward Brophy, Executive Director of the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
"One of the nine ‘good books that tell it like it was’ about sports in the 20th century. If sports history is your thing, indulge your habit with The Boxing Register."
—USA Today
"Concise biographical information and fight records . . . useful and informative sections on boxing's governing bodies and the International Boxing Hall of Fame and elsewhere . . . Nice illustrations add a dash to this fine reference."
—Library Journal
"Certain to become a standard reference source . . . The records are perhaps the most definitive ever published . . ."
—Boxing News
"This is fantastic. The boxing world has needed this book for a long time."
—Roy Jones, Jr.
James B. Roberts is an attorney. He lives in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Alexander G. Skutt is a book publisher. He lives in Ithaca, New York.
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