Jeffries had not been hit in a fight in 6 years, he barely sparred according to Corbett (who wanted way more sparring) and yes, some of his...
I don't mind most of the commentators over the years. Colonel Bob Sheridan, Al Bernstein, Roy Jones, Paulie Malignaggi, Steve Farhood, Raul...
Pretty much following the points already made. I liked Lacy a lot back then as he looked fantastic and had a pleasing KO style. He was unbeaten...
Buster was the referee for a main event on the WWF's Saturday Night Main Event [MEDIA]
Lennox Lewis, Gene Tunney, George Foreman, Marvin Hagler, SRL, Marvin Johnson, there would be a lot of others. The main question would be what...
I am guessing it is pretty rare, can't remember where I bought it originally, might have been direct from the author. Very limited publication...
There is no bibliography or footnotes that I could see. The author says at the start of the book that he used reflections and renderings from...
That is a good price. I bought mine when it came out in hardcover and Amazon is listing 1 copy only for $372US
https://www.amazon.com/Shadowboxing-Rise-Fall-George-Dixon/dp/1897426445?crid=1CGEP43CNIK69&keywords=george+dixon&qid=1537681610&sprefix=George+Dix...
I thought it was excellent. Good luck finding a cheap copy though.
I am a bit of a collector and own both books but haven't read the Paxton book as yet. Klompton's book was a classic of classics in my collection...
Out of interest, what kind of money are we talking about when a collector has a special fight that perhaps no one else has?
Reckon 5 books would be far too small of a number but some of the ones mentioned above would allow you to be head and shoulders in knowledge above...
I knew very little of him except that he fought Joe Louis when Joe was in his prime and it was a close points wins for Louis. Reading the book...
Thanks for the article, sad reading.
