{"product_id":"sporting-blood-tales-from-the-dark-side-of-boxing-tales-from-the-dark-side-of-boxing-expanded-edition-paperback","title":"Sporting Blood: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing: Tales from the Dark Side of Boxing - Expanded Edition - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlos Acevedo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eThomas Hauser\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"This book may cement [Acevedo's] status as one of today's best boxing journalists.\"--\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBoxing has one of the richest literary traditions in sports. From A. J.\u003cbr\u003eLiebling to Donald McRae, the sweet science has consistently inspired great\u003cbr\u003ewriting. The work of Carlos Acevedo stands firmly in that distinguished\u003cbr\u003etradition.In this expanded edition of \u003ci\u003eSporting Blood\u003c\/i\u003e, Acevedo adds two new masterful\u003cbr\u003eessays--one about the murder of Stanley Ketchel, the other about the gangland\u003cbr\u003eslaying of Battling Siki--to those that made his debut collection an instant\u003cbr\u003eclassic. Other highlights include a moving meditation on Muhammad Ali; a\u003cbr\u003epenetrating look at the enigmatic Charles \"Sonny\" Liston; and a vivid profile\u003cbr\u003eof Mike Tyson, which brilliantly conjures the Boy King's late 1980s reign of\u003cbr\u003eterror. Acevedo also offers many other unforgettable tales from boxing's dark\u003cbr\u003eside, featuring Jack Johnson, Joe Frazier, Roberto Duran, Aaron Pryor, Jake\u003cbr\u003eLaMotta, and more.Sporting Blood is a poetic throwback, a singular book that evokes\u003cbr\u003ejournalism's golden age and places Acevedo among the best sportswriters of his\u003cbr\u003egeneration.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eContents\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForeword: Thomas Hauser \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e1: A Ghost Orbiting Forever: Muhammad Ali 1942-2016 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e2: Fugitive Days: Jack Johnson in Exile \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e3: The Last Goodbye: Remembering the Rivalry Between Roberto Durán and Esteban De Jesús \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e4: Right on for the Darkness: On Aaron Pryor 1955-2016 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e5: The Catastrophist: The Troubled World of Don Jordan \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e6: Dark Sun: Remembering Joe Frazier \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e7: Strange Days: The Johnny Saxton Story \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e8: The Hurting Kind: Wilfredo Gomez vs. Lupe Pintor \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e9: Yesterday Will Make You Cry: The Short, Tragic Career of Davey Moore \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e10: Under Saturn: Johnny Tapia 1967-2012 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e11: Total Everything Now: Mike Tyson, 1988 \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e12: The Windfall Factor: The Night Bert Cooper Almost Beat Evander Holyfield for the Heavyweight Title \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e13: Red Arrow: The Mysterious Death of Sonny Liston \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e14: The Dark Corner: The Furious Life of Jake LaMotta \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e15: A Young Old Man: The Tragic Life of Ad Wolgast \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e16: The Lightning Within: Tony Ayala, Jr. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e17: No Exit: Eddie Machen \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e18: One Long Season in Hell: On Michael Dokes \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e19: Lightning Express: The Quick Rise and Even Quicker Fall of Al Singer \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e20: Live Forward, Learned Backward: Mike Quarry and the \"Quarry Curse\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e21: Leftover Life to Kill: Who Will Remember Carmelo Negron?\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. The Busy World: The Murder of Stanley Ketchel\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Too Far from Home: Battling Siki Comes to America\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCarlos Acevedo, author of Sporting Blood: Tales From the Dark Side of Boxing (Hamilcar Publications (2020) and The Duke: The Life and Lies of Tommy Morrison (Hamilcar Publications 2022), was the founder of The Cruelest Sport and is a member of the Boxing Writers Association of America. His work has appeared in Inside HBO Boxing, Boxing News, Remezcla, Boxing Digest, and Hannibal Boxing. His stories A Darkness Made to Order and A Ghost Orbiting Forever both won first place awards from the BWAA. Acevedo is also a member of the International Boxing Research Organization.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 5.9 x 8.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 06, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47546768031997,"sku":"9781949590593","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/LzNScFVpOTMrbndSa3VCZ2ZOdWJRZz09.webp?v=1779090722","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/sporting-blood-tales-from-the-dark-side-of-boxing-tales-from-the-dark-side-of-boxing-expanded-edition-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}