#7: ‘In the Corner’ by Dave Anderson

‘In the Corner’ is a collection of interviews recorded and presented by noted sports journalist Dave Anderson. Some of the greatest American trainers from the early to mid 20th Century feature, including Angelo Dundee, Ray Arcel, Emanuel Steward and Eddie Futch.

I particularly enjoyed the chapter with Goody Petronelli describing how he and his brother Pat worked their way up in the business in unfashionable Brockton, Massachusetts before hitting success with legend Marvellous Marvin Hagler.

I should thank Mike Costello, former host of the ‘5 Live Boxing Podcast’, for regularly recommending this book, or I may not have come across it.