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Index
Cover
About the Author
Title Page
Contents
Acknowledgements
Introduction by Hugh McIlvanney
1. Tom Cribb v. Tom Molineaux: The First International Championship Fight
2. Charles Freeman: The Primo Carnera of the Nineteenth Century v. The Tipton Slasher
3. When Boxing Was a Jewish Sport
4. Good Night, Sweet Princes
5. Confessions of an Ex-Fight Manager
6. Joe Louis and Social History
7. Archie Moore: All-Time Senior Citizen Champ
I. Paynight for Old Archie
II. The Champion of Communications
8. Muhammad Ali
I. King of the World
II. My very own Ali Movie
9. Arturo Gatti: The Manly Art of No Defence
10. Oscar De La Hoya: The Two-Hundred-Million-Dollar Man
I. Return to the Mecca
II. The Guessing Game: De La Hoya–Whitaker
III. The Oscar Express Rolls on
IV. The Welters are Coming! The Welters are Coming!
V. De La Hoya–Trinidad: A Tale of Two Champions
VI. Mosley–De La Hoya: My Home Town
VII. Mosley–De La Hoya, Act II
VIII. The Real Main Event: Arum V. King
11. Lennox Lewis: The Reluctant Dragon
I. Lewis–Golota: The Bigger They are . . .
II. The Emperor has no Clothes
III. Lennox Lewis: A Want of Passion
12.Roy Jones, Jr: The Pensacola Pinwheel
I. Genius at Work
II. Jones V. Griffin: Pretty Boy Loses Ugly
III. The Mouthpiece Hamlet
IV. A for Ability, B for Bored
V. Move Over, Ruby Bob – here Comes Roy Jones!
13.Evander Holyfield: From the Real Deal to the Sad Deal
I. Holyfield–Bowe: Act III (The Rubber Match)
II. Re-Enter Evander: A Big Night for him and him
III. Evander the Holy: The Once and Future Undisputed King
IV. Evander’s Homecoming and Going
14. Mike Tyson: From Wonderboy to Has-Been
I. The Softer They Fall
II. Tyson Redux: Act I
III. Requiem for a Heavyweight
IV. Lewis takes Tyson to Finishing School
15. The Little Prince: Good Hit, No Field
16.The Night of the Undisputed
17. The ‘Heavyweight Championship of the World’ – or, Four for the Price of One
18. Ricky Hatton and Kostya Tszyu: The British Are Coming!
19. Requiem for a Middleweight
20. Felix Trinidad
I. Trinidad V. Mayorga: Brain V. Brawn
II. Winky Wright V. Felix Trinidad: The King is Dead! Long Live the King!
21. No. 1 Pound-for-Pound: Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather, Jr
22. Weightgate, and on to World War III: Diego Corrales v. Jose Luis Castillo II
23. Boxing Movies 101
24. Fighters and Writers: At the Boxing Hall of Fame
25. Machiavelli on Eighth Avenue
Copyright
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