Tag: amateur boxing
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#81: ‘Dog Rounds – Death and Life in the Boxing Ring’ by Elliot Worsell
‘Dog Rounds – Death and Life in the Boxing Ring’ is Elliot Worsell’s commendable, yet perhaps uncomfortable, exploration of the darkest side of the sport of boxing: when tragedy strikes and a boxer is profoundly injured or killed. The book is framed by the ill-fated bout between Chris Eubank Jr and Nick Blackwell, March 2016,…
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#79: ‘Somebody Ring the Bell!’ by Willie Toweel and Peter McInnes
‘Somebody Ring the Bell!’ is the autobiography of South African professional boxer Willie Toweel, co-authored by Peter McInnes. Willie Toweel, who boxed between 1953 and 1960, is a member (product?) of one of the 20th Century’s most famous boxing families. Willie and several of his brothers were born in South Africa to Lebanese parents, and…
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#77: ‘Sweet Fighting Man – Volume 2’ by Melanie Lloyd
‘Sweet Fighting Man – Volume 2’ is the second instalment of Melanie Lloyd’s ‘Sweet Fighting Man’ series of interview-format books, in which she assembles self-recorded conversations with a selection of British professional boxers. Volume 2 features the following boxers:
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#74: ‘On The Ropes’ by Vernon Vanriel and Dougie Blaxland
‘On The Ropes’ is the story of former British professional boxer Vernon ‘The Entertainer’ Vanriel, co-written by Dougie Blaxland and directed by Anastasia Osei-Kuffour for its debut at the Park Theatre in Finsbury Park, north London. I haven’t posted for a while as I’ve been busy with work, and I’ve got a writing project of…
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#73: ‘Boxer: An anthology of Writings on Boxing and Visual Culture’
Edited by David Chandler, John Gill, Tania Guha and Gilane Tawadros, ‘Boxer’ was published to accompany an exhibition of the same name at Walsall Museum and Art Gallery (29 July – 10 September 1995). This anthology of essays stands out within my collection as it’s the first boxing-related book I’ve read which can be described…
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#70: ‘No Middle Ground’ by Sanjeev Shetty
‘No Middle Ground – Eubank, Benn, Watson and the Last Golden Era of British Boxing’ is Sanjeev Shetty’s attempt to document the influential period of British boxing from the late 1980s through to the 1990s, which was dominated by a number of talented middleweights. I don’t put too much thought into the order in which…
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#68: ‘Boxing – A Cultural History’ by Kasia Boddy
‘Boxing – A Cultural History’ is Kasia Boddy’s comprehensive attempt to document boxing’s influence over, and its own responses to, the many cultures it has existed in. It is published by Reaktion Books. First off, I have to say that this blog isn’t really an adequate space in which to attempt any form of response…
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#67: ‘Born To Box – The Extraordinary Story of Nipper Pat Daly’ by Alex Daley
‘Born To Box’ is Alex Daley’s affectionate portrait of his grandfather, ‘Nipper’ Pat Daly, published by Pitch Publishing. If you were to come across the life and career of ‘Nipper’ Pat Daly on the TV or in the cinema, you’d dismiss it as ludicrous and beyond farcical. Nipper made his pro boxing debut in 1923…
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#64: ‘Sweet Fighting Man’ by Melanie Lloyd
‘Sweet Fighting Man – Inside Stories from British Boxers’ is a collection of 14 interviews with former British boxers, compiled by Melanie Lloyd. Book the first in what is now a series of three books. I ordered the second volume at the same time as the first so that will feature on the blog sometime…
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#60: ‘The Boxer’s Heart’ by Kate Sekules
‘The Boxer’s Heart – A Woman Fighting’ is Kate Sekules’ first-hand account of boxing as a woman in London and New York in the very early days of women’s professional boxing, and at a time when women’s boxing was yet to be admitted to the Olympics. Sekules began boxing (perhaps just boxercise-style classes) at All…
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