My View from the Corner: A Life in Boxing

Author(s): Angelo Dundee

Biography

Offers a look at the author's involvement in some of boxing's most controversial and historic moments. This book reveals how the author had to talk Ali into not quitting during his first fight with champion Sonny Liston; the truth about the 'phantom punch' that KO'd Liston in their rematch; and the mob's influence on boxing.

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ANGELO DUNDEE has managed 15 world boxing champions, among them Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and George Foreman. He was named Manager of the Year twice the Boxing Writers Association of America (1968 and 1979), and was enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994. Enshrined in the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1994, Dundee still continues to train fighters. He even trained Russell Crowe for his part in Cinderella Man, a film in which Dundee was cast as, you guessed it, a cornerman. BERT SUGAR with his trademark fedora and eternally billowing cigar, is perhaps the most recognizable and well-known boxing writer in history. As the long-time editor of The Ring Magazine, Boxing Illustrated, and later the publisher of Fight Game magazine, with literally dozens of books on the subject to his credit (he has officially written or co-written 83 books). He is currently the co-host of ESPN Classic's Ringside.

Foreword by Muhammad Ali 1. Fifty-Plus Years in the Fight Game: How Did I Get Here? 2. My Apprenticeship with Brother Chris 3. Miami Beach and My First Champion 4. Cassius Clay 5. Young Cassius Punches His Ticket to the Top 6. Baiting and Beating the Bear 7. Boxing Becomes Cassius Clay Who Becomes Muhammad Ali 8. A Champion in Training, A Champion in Exile 9. "The Fight," March 8, 1971 10. The Road Back 11. The Rumble in the Jungle, October 30, 1974 12. The Thrilla in Manilla, October 1, 1975? 13. Boxing's Greatest Act Leaves the Stage 14. Filling Ali's Size-50 Shoes 15. Duran: "No Mas"? No Way, No Say 16. Hearns, Retirement--And Then A "Marvelous" Comeback 17. The 40-Year-Old Champ 18. Memories Are Made of This Afterword by George Foreman

General Fields

  • : 9780071628471
  • : McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
  • : McGraw-Hill Contemporary
  • : 0.463
  • : 01 May 2009
  • : 223mm X 144mm X 22mm
  • : United States
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Angelo Dundee
  • : Paperback
  • : 796.83092
  • : 336
  • : illustrations