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Ali, Tyson, the Brown Bomber, and Other Stories of the Boxing Ring
By Ira Berkow
SPORTS & RECREATION
304 Pages, 6 x 9
Formats: Trade Paper, EPUB, Mobipocket, PDF
Trade Paper, $16.95 (CA $18.95) (US $16.95)
ISBN 9781600789731
Rights: WOR
Triumph Books (May 2014)
Overview
Spanning the period between 1967 and 2005, this compilation includes 84 of Pulitzer Prize–winning author Ira Berkow’s columns on boxing. Readers will meet some of the greatest names in the sport’s 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, Tyson’s infamous “Bite Fight” in 1997, and the will-he-or-won’t-he retirement saga of Sugar Ray Leonard. Written in Berkow’s gripping prose, the columns included in Counterpunch chronicle the most important moments in boxing over the last four decades.Author Biography
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Counterpunch:
Ali, Tyson, the Brown Bomber, and Other Stories of the Boxing Ring
By Ira Berkow, Foreword by Jeremy Schaap
“Ira Berkow is among the best – a Sondheim of the sports page.” - George Will
In feature stories and his “Sports of the Times” column for The New York Times, Ira Berkow intimately covered boxing, interviewing some of the best fighters in the sport’s history and writing about them with his signature warm and personal prose. From memories of Muhammad Ali, Joe Louis and Jack Dempsey to reflections on Mike Tyson and Floyd Mayweather, Berkow has reported on many of the boxing greats first-hand and focused on the special significance that boxing has had on American culture.
Counterpunch: Ali, Tyson, the Brown Bomber, and Other Stories of the Boxing Ring (Triumph Books, May 2014) by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Ira Berkow combines the best of over 40 years of his boxing coverage for the first time and brings together some of the most inspired sports writing about:
Berkow writes with heart, candor and insight in Counterpunch, a collection that will inform and entertain die-hard boxing fans and sports lovers alike.
About the Author:
Ira Berkow is a former sports columnist and feature writer for the New York Times for more than 25 years. He shared the Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 2001 and was a finalist for the Pulitzer for commentary in 1988. He is the author of more than 20 books, including Rockin’ Steady: A Guide to Basketball and Cool, and the bestsellers Maxwell Street: Survival in a Bazaar and Red: A Biography of Red Smith. He lives in New York City.
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