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Author
Series
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
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...
3) On boxing
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Examines boxing in various aspects: boxing as metaphor, spectacle, dance, history, lore, women and boxing, etc.
5) Undisputed
Publisher
Buena Vista Home Video
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
When championship boxer Iceman Chambers ends up in jail, a prison gangster sets up a boxing match between him and the resident prison boxing champion.
Author
Publisher
Tracks Publishing
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
This guide to the finer points of boxing provides the wisdom needed to make the transition from enthusiastic beginner to proficient pugilist. The ABCs of ring generalship, offensive and defensive ring movements, feints, and draws and fakes are examined and explained along with clinching techniques, head-hunting, body work, and counter-punching chains. Strategies for boxing against tall and short opponents as well as for a variety of fighting styles...
Author
Publisher
Tracks Publishing
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
This boxing handbook provides up-to-date, in-depth coaching for serious contenders. Weaving fundamental skills into a progression of drills that hone technique in increasingly complex, demanding, and realistic fighting situations, the handbook aids fighters in developing the reflexes of a complete boxer and teaches the move from a process-and-react mentality to one of seeing-and-reacting. Hundreds of sequential images illustrate vital steps in the...
8) Facing Ali
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Ten of boxing's finest fighters tell what it was like to battle Muhammad Ali, the man many consider to be the best boxer ever. Ali's incomparable journey is recounted through the eyes of those who stepped through the ropes and into history. Join these respected fighters as they weigh in on 'The Greatest' and pay tribute to a living legend.
Author
Series
Start-up sports volume 12
Publisher
Tracks Publishing
Pub. Date
[2000]
Language
English
Description
A boxer's workout is a fantastic way to burn caloriesit is engaging, exhilarating, and effective. Going beyond jumping rope and punching the heavy bag, this guide describes intermediate and advanced boxing skills that will help anyone improve their performance in the ring. This boxing workout will help develop body and character so that athletes can get into the best shape of their lives, build self-confidence, and be winners in and out of the ring....
10) Rocky
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
An amateur boxer is given the chance to pursue his ultimate goal--compete for the world heavyweight title.
12) The fighter
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
A look at the early years of boxer 'Irish' Micky Ward and his brother who helped train him before going pro in the mid-1980s.
13) Fist fight
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
On the last day of high school, mild-mannered English teacher Andy Campbell tries to keep it together amidst senior pranks, a dysfunctional administration, and budget cuts that put jobs on the line. Then he accidentally crosses his much tougher and deeply feared colleague, Ron Strickland, who challenges Campbell to an old-fashioned throw down. News of the fight spreads like wildfire and it ends up becoming the very thing the school, and Campbell,...
16) Rocky
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Rocky Balboa is a struggling boxer trying to make the big time. He works in a meat factory in Philadelphia for a meager wages so he also earns extra cash as a debt collector. When heavyweight champion Apollo Creed visits Philadelphia, his managers want to set up an exhibition match between Creed and a struggling boxer. The promoters are touting the fight as a chance for a "nobody" to become a "somebody". The match is supposed to be easily won by Creed,...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
It was more than the long-awaited showdown between two superb athletes in their prime, more than the ultimate test of speed and artistry versus power and endurance. It was more than a boxing match, much more. The first meeting between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier at Madison Square Garden on March 8, 1971, transcended the world of sports to become a major international media spectacle with tremendous social and political overtones. Sportswriter Michael...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The story behind the major motion picture The Fighter, starring Mark Wahlberg and Christian Bale, Irish Thunder is about a boxer from a boxing family and a boxing town, but it is not a boxing book. It is about the human spirit, blind loyalty, self-preservation and self-destruction. Micky's dramatic victories inside the ring are recounted in detail, but it is his victory outside the ring that will leave the reader inspired.
19) Snatch
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Video
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Description
Trouble begins when boxing promoter, Turkish and his sidekick Tony get involved with jewel thieves and gangsters looking to fix fights.
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