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Looking for a Fight: How a Writer Took on the Boxing World - From the Inside - Couverture souple

Matthews, David

 
9780747262350: Looking for a Fight: How a Writer Took on the Boxing World - From the Inside
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0747262357 ISBN 13 : 9780747262350
Editeur : Headline Book Publishing, 2002

Synopsis

When Dave Mattews began to research the strange underworld of boxing, he found that many were reluctant to talk to a writer looking for colour pieces without really understand the sport. So he decided to take them on at their own game and began a two-year training programme so he could have one professional fight. "Looking for a Fight" is Matthew's story of his own battle for fitness, the difficulty of learning how to punch properly and how to take a punch. Above all he reveals what really motivates the characters that he worked and trained with. What makes someone risk their life for a purse of a few hundred pounds? Why do so many boxers believe that God is on their side? Is boxing a force for good in our society? This is an account of boxing from within and without.

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À propos de l'auteur

David Matthews is a freelance journalist who has written for various newspapers, including the OBSERVER and the SUNDAY TELEGRAPH, and is currently working on a scholarship with the BBC.

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Éditeur
Headline Book Publishing
Date d'édition
2002
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0747262357
ISBN 13 
9780747262350
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
320
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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