Corruption in Professional Boxing
Title | Corruption in Professional Boxing PDF eBook |
Author | United States |
Publisher | |
Pages | 292 |
Release | 1993 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN |
Bootleg Boxing
Title | Bootleg Boxing PDF eBook |
Author | Joseph Baker |
Publisher | Bookbaby |
Pages | 186 |
Release | 2021-11-26 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 9781736277614 |
Eddie, a winner of three amateur Army titles as a Soldier, wanted to leap from amateur boxer to professional fighter. Throughout life, within the ring and outside of it, he's always been a fighter with a burning desire to become the most successful boxer of all time. He's always possessed extraordinary fighting prowess, but discontinued his boxing career at his wife's insistence. After years away from boxing, Eddie makes an extraordinary comeback. And then tragedy strikes, putting much more than his boxing career into question. Like many other people, Eddie's life is also full of victories, challenges, and failures. People around him admire his strong, energetic personality, and oftentimes he's seen as heroic. His life is unpredictable and tumultuous, but he has the inner-resilience to stay strong and determined in the face of adversity. Get ready to experience a rollercoaster ride of emotions as the story unwinds in front of you. Bootleg Boxing is an unforgettable masterpiece of fiction filled with emotion, passion, and intrigue.
When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport
Title | When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport PDF eBook |
Author | Allen Bodner |
Publisher | SUNY Press |
Pages | 251 |
Release | 2011-02-04 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 1438436084 |
A vivid portrayal of the important role of Jews in American boxing history, and vice versa.
Professional Boxing Corporation
Title | Professional Boxing Corporation PDF eBook |
Author | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Commerce, Consumer Protection, and Competitiveness |
Publisher | |
Pages | 86 |
Release | 1994 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN |
Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Hawai'i Sports
Title | Hawai'i Sports PDF eBook |
Author | Dan Cisco |
Publisher | University of Hawaii Press |
Pages | 684 |
Release | 1999-01-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780824821210 |
Traces the history of Hawaiian sports and lists local records
Boxing
Title | Boxing PDF eBook |
Author | Friedrich Unterharnscheidt |
Publisher | Academic Press |
Pages | 817 |
Release | 2003-04-22 |
Genre | Medical |
ISBN | 0080528252 |
This book neither argues for or against the continuation of boxing, but lays out the literature and the body of scientific knowledge that are necessary to provide a meaningful background for the ensuing debate. It provides a comprehensive resource for those who are involved in regulating boxing and those who participate directly, as well as for the medical and scientific communities. Includes carefully quoted case histories and research as well as an extensive body of medical literature on boxing injuries to demonstrate that brain damage is a natural consequence of boxing.* Presents in-depth analysis of the phenomenon of "punch drunkness"* Includes detailed case histories of the clinical and pathomorphological findings uncovered by current medical research* Extensively reviews medical literature
The Urban Geography of Boxing
Title | The Urban Geography of Boxing PDF eBook |
Author | Benita Heiskanen |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 212 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 0415502268 |
This fascinating analysis of power relations embedded in sport, culture, and society combines ethnographic fieldwork, interviews, and theoretical analysis to offer a timely interdisciplinary perspective to existing scholarship on boxing. It will be of interest to readers in Sport Studies, Cultural Studies, Cultural Geography, Gender Studies, Critical Race Theory, Labor Studies, and American Studies.