Introduction
Part I SCHOOL OF HARD KNOCKS
School of Hard Knocks
Handwraps
Golden Girls
Minsker’s Mettle
Part II UPPERCUTS
Cuts
The Vice and Virtue of Boxing
Buckaroo Boxing
Debut: Minsker Turns Pro
Fists of Fury: Franciso Roche
Sugar Blues: Leonard vs. Hagler
Who is this Arguello?
The Fight: Hagler vs. Hearns
Just As Fierce
One Ring Circus: Ali vs. Frazier IV
The Knockout: Lucia Rijker
Part III The Big Risk
Beauty and the Beast: Hagler vs. Duran
The Unhappy Warrior: Holmes vs. Cooney
The Big Risk: Andy Minsker
Defending Tyson: The Bite Fight
Fight or Die: The Johnny Tapia Story
Jess
The Rumble in the Rectory
Epilogue: Imagine A Square
Postscripts and Updates