Boxning

"Den personliga resan sticker verkligen ut från andra idrottares biografier." Maja Aase, BTJ Det är en regnvåt söndagskväll i februari när Mikaelas tillvaro krossas. Hon häktas för dopningsbrott och döms till 14 månaders fängelse. Mikael...

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One of the most talked-about and bestselling books of last year, this is the no-holds-barred autobiography of a sporting legend driven to the brink of self-destruction The bestseller that has everyone talking. In this, his first, autobiography, Ir...

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Gåtan Sonny Liston - en boxares livsöde Ingen vet när han föddes. Ingen vet när och hur han dog. Sonny Listons liv är som hämtat från en blueslåt: uppväxt i djup fattigdom, jobb på bomullsfält från åtta års ålder, misshandlad av pappan, rasistiska...

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"En av de bästa sportbiografierna som gjorts på svenska. Det är så starkt och det är så mäktigt, och en sån otrolig ömhet i boken. Boken handlar väldigt mycket om att skapa sig en självkänsla att lära sig älska och bli älskad.." Recensen...

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BRITISH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR. SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR PRIZE 2017. SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR. WINNER OF THE PEN/ESPN AWARD FOR LITERARY SPORTS WRITING. THE TIME...

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"There have been many books on judosome highly competent, others well-written or well-illustrated, some fit for beginners, others for the advanced student. To have all these in a single volume is unusual."San Francisco Chronicle The Art ...

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Biography of bareknuckle prize fighter Bartley Gorman. Illus.

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Taekwondo Basics teaches you all the fundamentals of this martial art form in a clear and easy-to-understand manner! This basic introductory survey contains the following vital information: The origins of Taekwondo its philosophy, history, and dif...

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Bruce Lee Jeet Kune Do is the iconic book presenting the martial art created by Bruce Lee as explained in the master's own words. In 1970, Bruce Lee suffered a back injury that confined him to bed. Rather than allowing this to slow his growth...

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Rubin "Hurricane" Carter was riding a wave of success. The survivor of a difficult youth, he rose to become a top contender for the middleweight boxing crown. But his career crashed to a halt on May 26, 1967, when he and another man were...

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This thoroughly revised edition of Muay Thai: Advanced Thai Boxing Techniques teaches intermediate Muay Thai fighters how to counter a wide range of opponents' attacks. Author Christoph Delp explains the rules and ceremonial procedures unique to M...

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"Muay Thai combines distinctive fitness training, self-defense, and competitive sport. In this guide, trainer Christoph Delp presents the sport's history, development, rules, and equipment. Basic skills are shown, along with a complete list o...

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AS SEEN ON NETFLIX'S AT HOME WITH THE FURYS THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AND AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR ** TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ** DOUBLE WINNER: BEST AUTOBIOGRAPHY & BEST OVERALL SPORTS BOOK OF 2020 _______________________________...

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Rocky Marciano accomplished a feat that eluded legendary champions like Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali and Mike Tyson: he never lost a professional fight. When he retired in 1956, his record was a perfect 49-0. Unbeaten is the revelatory bi...

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Hailed by critics as a long-overdue portrait of Sugar Ray Robinson, a man as elusive outside the ring as he was magisterial in it, Pound by Pound is a lively and nuanced profile of an athlete who is arguably the best boxer the scene has ever seen....

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John L. Sullivan was so special that he made gloved boxing, the type of boxing we watch today, a popular national and international money-making sport. He was the man who started gloved boxing on its path towards acceptance in the sporting world a...

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With an introduction by Salman Rushdie and an afterword by the author. It was the night of February 25, 1964. A cloud of cigar smoke drifted through the ring lights. Cassius Clay threw punches into the gray floating haze and waited for the bell. W...

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In the Ring With Jack Dempsey – Part I: The Making of a Champion, by Adam J. Pollack is the most thorough and detailed book ever written about former world heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey. This book (the first of two) chronicles Dempsey&rs...

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Part II of the most thorough series ever written on the life and career of boxing champion Jack Dempsey.

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In this poignant, moving book, Muhammad Ali shares the beliefs he has come to live by and which he has passed on to his children. Some of the wisdom is his own; some comes from the teachings of true Islam, from his spiritual studies, and from peop...

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Written by the late, great boxing broadcaster, Reg gutteridge, this is the inside story of Mike tyson, the most explosive and controversial World heavyweight boxing champion of all time.

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Loc Wacquant's Body and Soul melds Pierre Bourdieu's signal concept of habitus with Wacquant's ethnographic observations as an amateur boxer at a gym in Chicago's South Side. This updated edition features a new preface and postface that elaborate ...

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Conor McGregor's trainer tells the amazing story of his long road to success in the world's fastest-growing sport Growing up in Dublin, John Kavanagh was a skinny lad who was frequently bullied. As a young man, after suffering a bad beat...

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Heavyweight Champion of the World from 1919 to 1926, Jack Dempsey, also known as the Manassa Mauler, began his boxing career as a skinny boy of sixteen, riding the rails and participating in hastily staged saloon bouts against miners and lumberjac...

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A solid but underpublished martial arts area High production quality and iIllustrated with over 200 step-by-step photos Author is a highly respect expert who has extensive experience producing training manuals and training videos

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Karate: The Art of "Empty-Hand" Fighting is the definitive guide to Shotokan Karatethe most widely practiced style of Karateand has inspired millions of Karate practitioners worldwide. Authored by one of the great masters of the art, Hid...

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*Available for pre-order now* The No-Holds-Barred Autobiography - including the full story behind Tyson's record-breaking victory against Dillian Whyte at Wembley stadium in front of 94,000 people Tyson pulls no punches in his most candid, compreh...

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A reissue of bestselling, award-winning author Joyce Carol Oates' classic collection of essays on boxing.

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Aikido and the Dynamic Sphere: An Illustrated Introduction provides a complete foundation in the practice of one of the most distinctive and useful Japanese martial arts. Aikido was created in Japan in the 1920's by Morihei Ueshiba, also know...

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