Description
Are today's boxers better than their predecessors, or is modern boxing a shadow of its former self? Boxing historians discuss the socioeconomic and demographic changes that have affected the quality, prominence and popularity of the sport over the past century. Among the interviewees are world-renowned scholars, some of the sport's premier trainers, and former amateur and professional world champions. Chapters cover such topics as the ongoing deterioration of boxers' skills, their endurance, the decline in the number of fights and the psychological readiness of championship-caliber boxers. The strengths and weaknesses of today's superstars are analyzed and compared to those of such past greats as Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Jack Dempsey and Jake LaMotta.
Author: Mike Silver
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
Published: 04/01/2014
Pages: 240
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.99h x 7.15w x 0.51d
ISBN13: 9780786493876
ISBN10: 0786493879
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Boxing
- Sports & Recreation | History
About the Author
Mike Silver is a former boxing promoter and inspector with the New York State Athletic Commission whose many articles on boxing have appeared in the New York Times, The Ring magazine, Boxing Monthly and ESPN and Seconds Out websites.